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Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Minister of Communication from 2003 to 2004, in the first government after Saddam Hussein was deposed.
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politics · Prime Minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2018 · politician · electrical engineer · engineer · also Haider Al-Abadi, Haider al-Abadi, Haider Jawad Kadhim Al-Abadi, Haïdar Al Abadi, Haïdar Abadi, Haidar Al Abadi
Born 25 April 1952 · Q5639013
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Awarded Time 100 (2018).
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Following rising domestic discontent and widespread violent protests
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iraq (2014–2018).
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Was nominated by Shia political parties as an alternative candidate for Prime Minister
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Chaired the Finance Committee and was at the center of a parliamentary dispute over the allocation of the 2013 Iraqi budget
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Al-Abadi was identified by the Middle East Economic Digest as a key person to watch in Iraq's reconstruction
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Al-Abadi remained steadfast in his support of Iraqi sovereignty, insisting on specific conditions to the agreement with the U
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During which time Ibrahim al-Jaafari was replaced by Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister
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It was revealed that these allegations were fabrications, and a US Department of Defense review found that telecommunications contracting had been illegally influenced in an unsuccessful effort led by disgraced US Deputy
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Al-Abadi became skeptical of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) privatization plan, proposing to Paul Bremer that they had to wait for a legitimate government to be formed
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Press reports indicated Iraqi officials were under investigation over a questionable deal involving Orascom, an Egypt-based telecoms company, which in late 2003 was awarded a contract to provide a mobile network to centr
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Al-Abadi registered a patent relating to rapid transit systems
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The government confiscated al-Abadi's passport for conspiring against Iraq's Ba'ath Party
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His third brother was arrested and spent 10 years in prison
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1981, and 1982 for belonging to the Dawa Party
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Earned a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manchester
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Became a member of the party's executive leadership
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Due to disagreements with the Ba'athist regime, and was buried in the US after his death
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Became in charge of its organization in Britain
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Earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology in Baghdad
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Studied at Markaziyah High School (1970).
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From the Central High School (Arabic: الإعدادية المركزية) in Bagdad
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Born 1952-04-25.
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