Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi (Arabic: ???? ???? ???? ????????, born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi-British politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018.
Previously he served as Minister of Communication from 2003 to 2004, in the first government after Saddam Hussein was deposed.
He was designated as Prime Minister by President Fuad Masum on 11 August 2014 to succeed Nouri al-Maliki and was approved by the Iraqi parliament on 8 September 2014.