Nouri al-Maliki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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The pervious Prime Minister of Iraq
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Place of Birth: Hindiya, Karbala Governorate, Iraq
About Nouri al-Maliki
- Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki (Arabic: ???? ???? ???? ??? ????????; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (???? ???????) or Abu Esraa (??? ?????), is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014.
- He is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and a Vice President of Iraq. Al-Maliki began his political career as a Shia dissident under Saddam Hussein's regime in the late 1970s and rose to prominence after he fled a death sentence into exile for 24 years.
- During his time abroad, he became a senior leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, coordinated the activities of anti-Saddam guerrillas and built relationships with Iranian and Syrian officials whose help he sought in overthrowing Saddam.
- Al-Maliki worked closely with United States and coalition forces in Iraq following their departure by the end of 2011. Al-Maliki and his government succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government.
- His first Cabinet was approved by the National Assembly and sworn in on 20 May 2006.
- His second Cabinet, in which he also held the positions of acting Interior Minister, acting Defense Minister, and acting National Security Minister, was approved on 21 December 2010.
- In the wake of a string of defeats during the Northern Iraq Offensive, United States officials said that al-Maliki should give up his premiership.
- On 14 August 2014, he announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Iraq.
- In September 2014, al-Maliki was elected as one of three Vice Presidents, an office he still holds despite attempts to abolish the post.
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