Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum

Iraqi ayatollah-politician

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1927

Place of Birth: Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq

Date of Death: 07-Apr-2015

Profession: scientist, politician, cleric

Nationality: Iraq

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum

  • Ayatollah Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (Arabic: ???? ??? ????????; 17 December 1927 – 7 April 2015) was a Twelver Shi'a Islamic leader and politician in Iraq, who served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq (43rd Prime Minister of Iraq).
  • He died of natural causes in 2015.Al-Ulloum was a longtime opponent of the rule of Saddam Hussein.
  • By 1992 he had moved to London where he opposed Saddam's rule for many years.
  • He was an active member of London's Shi'a community and was the head of AhlulBayt Centre in South London.
  • In November 1992, at the Salahuddin gathering, within the safety of the southern air exclusion zone, along with Masoud Barzani and Colonel Hassan al-Naqib, he was one of the three men to be appointed to the presidential council by the Iraqi National Congress.
  • Mohammad al-Ulloum continued to live in London prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion. After the United States deposed Saddam Hussein in 2003, as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, al-Ulloum was appointed to the Iraq interim governing council.
  • He agreed to participate in the interim government and was appointed to the nine-member rotating presidency.
  • He was the first president of the council, in an interim capacity, serving in that position from July 13, 2003 until August 1, 2003. In August 2003, Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a friend of al-Ulloum, was killed in a car bombing.
  • Shortly after, al-Ulloum announced his voluntary suspension from the council, citing the failure of the council's ability to maintain law and order in post-war Iraq.
  • He later returned to the council, and became president again on March 1, 2004, serving until April 1, 2004. He is the father of Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, Oil Minister of Iraq from September 2003 to June 2004, and again during 2005.

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