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Falah Hassan al-Naqib

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Naqib in 2004.

Falah Hassan al-Naqib (Arabic: فلاح حسن النقيب) is an Iraqi politician and was the Minister of Interior under the Iraqi Interim Government.

Biography

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Born in 1956 in Samarra, he is a Sunni Arab. He trained in the United States as a civil engineer. His father, General Hassan al-Naqib, defected in the 1970s and became an active opposition member in exile.[1]

An ally of Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, he was named the governor of Salah ad Din Governorate after the fall of Saddam Hussein, then he became the Minister of Interior,[2] from 2004 to 2005.

References

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  1. ^ "IRAQ: The interim government leaders". cfr.org.
  2. ^ "U.S. commander claims success in Samarra". chinadaily.com.
Political offices
Preceded by Iraqi Minister of Interior
June 2004–April 2005
Succeeded by