Profile: Nouri Maliki
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki first came to power in , at a time when sectarian violence was threatening to tear the country apart.
Mr Maliki resisted pressure from Washington to request an extension of US troop presence in the country, and presided over the formal end of the US military presence in Iraq.
However, despite his alliance narrowly winning the parliamentary election, he has struggled to contain a new tide of violence which has seen several cities slip from Iraqi government control, and has suffered shrinking support from Sunnis and Kurds.
He was also forced to defend himself from accusations that he has used the judiciary to silence and imprison political rivals.
In August , after months of political infighting, new President Fuad Masum asked MP Haider al-Abadi to form a new government, despite Mr Maliki's protestations that the move was "unconstitutional".
Military
Nuri Kamel Mohammed Hassan Al-Maliki, a leading Shi'ite politician, was born in the village of Jenaja close to al-Hilla in Karbala province [his official biography states the Toirage district of Babil] in , from a family with a high profile in the Arab tribe of Bani Malik. Maliki is the grandson of Mohamed Hassan Aboul-Mahasen al-Maliki, a well-known poet and activist in the revolt against the British mandate, and later a government Minister Education from
Maliki is married with four girls and one boy. Maliki holds a Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of theology in Baghdad, an MA in Arabic from the University of Salahaddin in Sulaymaniyah, and a master's degree in English from the University in Erbil. Maliki was formerly employed at the Ministry of Education.
The US Government reported he had been a member of Al-Da'wah Party since , though his official biography reports that Maliki joined the Islamic Dawa party in The Islamic Dawa party fought a bitter struggle with the dictatorship and was subjected to arrest and stalking. According to his official biography Maliki left Iraq in after the death sentence against him. The US Government reports Maliki left Iraq in
Nouri al Maliki, el hombre que intensificó las divisiones en Irak
Fuente de la imagen, AP
- Autor, María Elena Navas
- Título del autor, BBC Mundo
Algunos piensan que la crisis en Irak es el resultado de la invasión que dirigió Estados Unidos en Otros dicen que es culpa del actual gobierno en Washington por haber retirado demasiado pronto a sus fuerzas.
Muchos, sin embargo, aseguran que aunque esos dos factores contribuyeron a la situación actual, el principal responsable de avivar las divisiones en el país es el primer ministro iraquí, Nouri al Maliki.
Irak es azotado por la violencia desde muchos años. Cuando Sadam Hussein fue derrocado en se desató un violento movimiento insurgente dirigido por los sunitas, que habían controlado el país bajo el régimen de Hussein, lo que a su vez desencadenó ataques de represalia de la mayoría chiita.
Pero a todos sorprendió cuando el Estado Islámico de Irak y el Levante (ISIS) -un movimiento yihadista también activo en Siria- logró en unos días tomar control de varias ciudades en el norte de Irak, incluida la segunda más grande del país, Mosul.
"El avance de ISIS es un enorme problema
Nuri Kamil al-Maliki
| Prime Minister of Iraq Date of Birth: Country: Iraq |
Content:
- Biography of Nouri Kamel al-Maliki
- Opposition and Exile
- Return to Iraq
- Personal Life
Biography of Nouri Kamel al-Maliki
Nouri Kamel al-Maliki, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Iraq, was born in in the city of El-Hindiya, a suburb of El-Hilla in southern Iraq, into a Shiite family. He completed his education at a religious college in Baghdad and continued his studies at Baghdad University, where he defended his master's thesis in Arabic literature.
Opposition and Exile
After graduating from college, al-Maliki lived in El-Hilla for some time, working in the education sector. He became a member of the opposition party, Al-Dawa, and in , he was sentenced to death for his party activities. Al-Maliki, along with his comrades, fled to Iran. During the Iran-Iraq war, he decided to settle in Syria. In Damascus, al-Maliki led an armed group responsible for training militants abroad to act against Saddam Hussein's regime. He was elected chairman of the Joint Action Committee, a coalition of anti-Saddam forces that later became the core of the new opposition party, the Ira
Biographies you may also like
Jeanne louise farrenc biography Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, , the singular family his-tory of this gifted woman is a geneticist's dream. Her father, court sculptor and one-time pensionnaire of the French .
Primerna autobiography of a face At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a potentially terminal cancer, undergoing years of chemotherapy that destroyed a third of her jawbone. When she eventually Missing: primerna.
Indie author websites biography Discover the ultimate resource for indie authors! Indie Author Magazine offers insights, tips, and inspiration to help you succeed in your writing journey and business.
Muralidhara swamigal biography books free download The Basics of the Three Philosophies by Maharanyam Muralidhara SwamigaL - Free download as Text File .txt), PDF File .pdf) or read online for free. The Three Sanathana Dharmic .
Chief deji and vero adeleke Davido's billionaire father, Chief Dr. Deji Adeleke, opened up about the challenges he encountered while trying to build his $2,,, Billion = N3,,,, Trillion .
Valore 2 mila lire galileo biography Il valore delle vecchie lire con Galileo Galilei è influenzato da diversi fattori, principalmente dalla condizione di conservazione e dalla rarità. Condizione di conservazione: Missing: biography.
Malissa feruzzi biography of william shakespeare This page offers a complete biography of Shakespeare, from birth to death. Read the whole William Shakespeare biography, or skip to the part of ShakespeareMissing: malissa feruzzi.