Tahir Albakaa is an Iraq

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i historian

Historian

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 who received his Master's degree

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 and Ph.D

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in Modern History from Baghdad University.

Albakaa worked at Al-Mustansiriya University

Al-Mustansiriya University

Al-Mustansiriya University is a university located in Baghdad, Iraq. It was established in 1227 by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and is one of the oldest universities in the world. Formerly named Mustansiriya Madrasah, it was restructured as a modern university in 1927...

 from 1983 to 2003 and is the former President of the University. In June 2004 he was chosen as a Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the Iraqi Interim Government

Iraqi Interim Government

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. Albakaa was a member of the Iraqi National Assembly in 2005, and a member of the Iraqi Constitution Writing Committee.

In October 2005 he went to Harvard University

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 as a visiting scholar, and then moved to Suffolk University

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in 2006.

He has published six books and sixty-five papers.