Saadoun al-Dulaimi
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Dr. Saadoun al-Dulaimi (ArabicArabic alphabet
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: سعدون الدليمي Saʿadūn ad-Dulaimī) was born in the province of Al-Anbar in the year of 1954. An independent politician, who does not belong to any party. Married with five children. He holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Baghdad
University of Baghdad
The University of Baghdad is the largest university in Iraq and the second largest Arab university following the University of Cairo.- Nomenclature :Both University of Baghdad and Baghdad University are used interchangeably....
in 1979, and a Ph.D in social psychology from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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in 1990.
Before the fall of Saddam's regime
- He Joined the Iraqi opposition against the rule of Saddam HusseinSaddam HusseinSaddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
after the invasion of Kuwait; and was sentenced to death in absentia, for his participation in a coup attempt.
- He participated in the opposition conferences abroad and was selected in the Coordination Committee and follow-up conference in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 2002.
- After obtaining the master's degree, he Worked as a teacher at University of BaghdadUniversity of BaghdadThe University of Baghdad is the largest university in Iraq and the second largest Arab university following the University of Cairo.- Nomenclature :Both University of Baghdad and Baghdad University are used interchangeably....
, then he was sent to London to complete doctoral degree in 1986. In addition, he Worked as a lecturer in British universities, and in many Arab universities, including Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
and JordanJordanJordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
. He Was also selected as a key member of scientific and academic associations, and conducted many researches in Arabic and English languages.
The new Iraq
- Dr. Saadoun returned to Iraq in 2003 and established "Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies - ICRSS", which is an independent, Scientific, non-governmental, non-aligned research institution. The center had many successful researches and opinion polls.
- The minister of defense in the government of Ibrahim al-JaafariIbrahim al-JaafariIbrahim abd al-Karim Hamzah al-Eshaiker al-Jafari is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He was previously one of the two Vice-Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004...
, from 01/06/2005 to 06/03/2006.
- Advisor to the Council of Ministers in the government of Nouri al-MalikiNouri al-MalikiNouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki , also known as Jawad al-Maliki or Abu Esraa, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government. He is currently in his second term as Prime Minister...
from 6/15/2006 to the end of the Government on 20-5-2010
- In the parliamentary elections held on the 7th of March 2010, Dr. Saadoun won on behalf of the Unity Alliance of IraqUnity Alliance of IraqThe Unity Alliance of Iraq commonly known as Iraq's Unity, Iraqi Unity or Wassat is an Iraqi political coalition formed to contest the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010...
in Al Anbar province.
- The Minister of Culture in the recent government of Nouri al-MalikiNouri al-MalikiNouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki , also known as Jawad al-Maliki or Abu Esraa, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government. He is currently in his second term as Prime Minister...
, which he sworn on December 21, 2010
- Appointed as the acting Minister of Defense on the 17th of August 2011.