Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
72nd prime minister of Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar (Arabic: غازي مشعل عجيل الياور, born 1958) is an Iraqi politician. He was the vice president under the Iraqi Transitional Government in 2006, and was interim president of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005. He also served as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq in 2004 following the US-led coalition invasion.
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar | |
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غازي مشعل عجيل الياور | |
President of Iraq | |
Interim | |
In office 28 June 2004 – 7 April 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Ayad Allawi |
Preceded by | Saddam Hussein (as President of Iraq) Paul Bremer (as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority) |
Succeeded by | Jalal Talabani |
Vice President of Iraq | |
In office 7 April 2005 – 22 April 2006 | |
President | Jalal Talabani |
Preceded by | Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Rowsch Shaways |
Succeeded by | Adil Abdul-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi |
President of the Governing Council of Iraq | |
In office 17 May 2004 – 1 June 2004 | |
President | Paul Bremer |
Preceded by | Ezzedine Salim |
Succeeded by | Ayad Allawi (as Prime Minister of Iraq) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1958-03-11) 11 March 1958 (age 66)[citation needed] Mosul, Iraq |
Political party | The Iraqis |
Alma mater | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals American University George Washington University |
Al-Yawar was originally a member of the Iraqi Governing Council created following the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. In 2004 he was appointed by the council to serve as interim President of Iraq following the 28 June return of Iraqi sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority.