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Here’s a look at the life of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

date of birth: 1 July 1950

birth place: India, Iraq (some sources say Hilla)

birth name: Nouri Kamil Al Maliki

Marriage: married

Children: four daughters and one son

education: Usul Al-Din College, BA, Islamic Studies, 1973; Salahuddin University, MA, Arabic Literature, 1992

Religion: Shia Muslim

pronunciation: Nu-ri al-ma-chat-ae

Changed his name to Jawad al-Maliki during exile.

negotiated with the Sunnis and Kurds to help draft of Iraq Constitution.

former former advisor Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari,

Directed activists during exile in Iraq Syria And Iran,

1968 – Dawa has joined the party.

1979-1980 – When he is sentenced to death for resisting Saddam Hussein and the Ba’athist Party, Maliki flees Iraq and finds refuge in Iran and later Syria.

2003 – Iraq returned from Syria.

2003-2004 – Member of the De-Bathification Commission, which works to rid former Ba’athists from Iraq’s military and government.

January 2005 – Dawa is elected as a member of the party for the new parliament and serves as the head of the Security and Defense Committee of the National Assembly.

22 April 2006 – The Shia-majority coalition has been chosen by the United Iraqi Alliance to replace interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. They have one month to form the government.

May 20, 2006 – Iraq’s new government was sworn in, with 37 cabinet members and Maliki as the prime minister.

26 July 2006 – Addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress on the War in Iraq.

27 October 2006 – met with US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, telling him that he considers himself “a friend of America, but [he’s] Not an American man in Iraq.”

January 2, 2007 – In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he states, “I wish I could have been done with this before the end of this term.. I didn’t want to take this position… I only agreed because I thought it was Will serve the national interest, and I will not accept it again.”

March 3-5, 2008 – see you with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Baghdad.

February 2009 – Maliki’s State Law Coalition achieved a plurality in nine of the 14 provinces where elections were held.

7 March 2010 – Parliamentary elections for Iraq’s second full-term legislature. The main rival of the State of Law coalition, which includes Maliki’s Dawa party, is the Iraqi coalition led by the former interim. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi,

26 March 2010 – In Iraq parliamentary electionsAllawi’s Iraqi coalition has reduced Maliki’s coalition from 91 seats to 89.

November 25, 2010 – Maliki’s name a. Is placed second innings By Iraqi President Jalal Talabani At a television function.

12 December 2011 – see you with US President Barack Obama to discuss in the White House Changes in US-Iraq relations With the end of the Iraq War.

10 June 2012 – When President Talabani declared that there was not enough support for the vote, Maliki escaped the threat of a no-confidence vote by parliament. Maliki’s opponents accused him of monopolizing power.

21 June 2012 – Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujafi announced that Maliki would be asked to appear before parliament in a continued effort to oust him.

4 January 2014 – Maliki has vowed to crush the insurgency in Anbar province, where the Sunni insurgency – al Qaeda – flourished in Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion. “There will be no return,” says Maliki in a speech given by al-Arabiya.

30 April 2014 – Maliki’s party won 92 seats in the parliamentary elections, less than the 165 seats needed for a majority.

11 August 2014 – President Fuad Masum appointed Haider al-Abadi as Prime Minister of Iraq, despite Maliki’s announcement that he intended to remain in office for a third term, with a member of his own party, a rebel Maliki. takes place. Abadi is the deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament and a former aide of Maliki.

14 August 2014 – in a televised address, Maliki withdraws his candidature Supports the population for a third term.

8 September 2014 – Maliki is called to serve As one of the three Vice-Presidents of the country in the newly formed government.