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Here’s a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the former Prime Minister of Iraq.
date of birth: 1947
place of birth: Karbala, Iraq
marriage: Married, name not publicly available
children: five
education: University of Mosul, Doctor of Medicine 1974
religion: Shiite Muslim
1968 – Join the Islamic Dawa Party. The Dawa Party (officially the Islamic Dawa Party or Islamic Dawa Party), is a Shiite Islamic party with close ties to the theocratic regime in Iran.
1980 – He flees from Iraq to Iran to escape Saddam Hussein’s oppression of members of the Dawa Party.
1990-2003 – Leader of the Dawa Party branch in London.
2003 – He returns to Iraq after the fall of Hussein.
August 2003 – He becomes a member of the Iraqi Governing Council and serves as the first rotating president of the Council.
2004-2005 – One of the two vice presidents of the Iraqi interim government.
April 7, 2005 – The new Iraqi president nominated Jalal Talabani al-Jaafari as prime minister.
May 3, 2005 – He was sworn in as interim Prime Minister of Iraq.
April 20, 2006 – Under pressure from the United States, Al-Jaafari steps down and agrees to withdraw his candidacy for a second term.
May 2006 – He will be replaced by Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister.
June 2008 – He was expelled from the Dawa Party after forming a new political party, the National Reform Movement.
August 2009 – Shiite political leaders announce the formation of the Iraqi National Alliance. Al-Jaafari is a member of the coalition.
September 2014 – He becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq.
October 25, 2018 – He steps down as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
