Adnan al-Janabi
Iraqi politician, tribal leader and economist
Adnan Abd al-Munim al-Janabi (Arabic: عدنان عبد المنعم الجنابي) is an Iraqi politician, tribal leader and economist, as a Minister of State in the Iraqi Interim Government, June 2004–January 2005
Life and career
Al-Janabi was born in Musayyib, south of Baghdad, to a Sunni Arab family. His brother was a senior official in the government of Saddam Hussein.
Earning a B.Sc. in economics from the University of London and an M.Sc. petroleum technology in economics from Loughborough University He worked in the government-controlled oil industry of Iraq in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1996 he was elected to Iraq's National Assembly. After the overthrow of the government of Saddam Hussein, al-Janabi served as minister of state without portfolio in the Iraqi Interim Government. He was campaign manager of the Iraqi List for the Iraqi legislative election of January 2005. He resigned in January 2005 in protest against being handcuffed by U.S. troops at a roadblock.
He was elected to the Council of Representatives of Iraq in the January 2005 elections and became the deputy chairman of the Committee set up by the Iraqi Transitional Government to draft a permanent constitution of Iraq.
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