Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
Iraqi politician, Iraqi foreign minister, and prime minister of Iraq from 1953 to 1954
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Arabic: محمد فاضل الجمالي) (20 April 1903 – 24 May 1997) was an Iraqi statesman, educator, politician and diplomat, who held important posts in the government of Iraq, during the royal era. Most notably he served as Iraq's prime minister two times and foreign minister from 1946 to 1948 and was also the Director of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Arab Federation Council in 1958.
Born to a Shi'ite family in al-Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad, they were traditionally custodians of Al-Kadhimiya Mosque. He began his political career in 1943. During the 1945 United Nations conference, al-Jamali, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed the Charter of the United Nations on behalf of his country and continued to represent Iraq several times during the United Nations meetings. He played an important role in the independence of Tunisia. After the 14 July Revolution in 1958, al-Jamali was exile to Tunisia, where he served as an advisor to Habib Bourguiba.
He died on 24 May 1997, at the age of 94. Al-Jamali is considered one of the most prominent figures in politics and education in Iraq and the Arab World along with being one of the most notable and well-known prime ministers during the Royal era of Iraq, his academic excellence qualified him to obtain the most prestigious scientific degrees in the most prestigious universities in the world despite his upbringing in a conservative and religious environment. He was also the first Iraqi to hold a doctorate in education from Harvard.
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