Osama al-nujaifi wikipedia

Deputy head of state of the Republic of Iraq

Iraq has had three vice presidents or deputy presidents serving concurrently.

The office of Vice President was historically largely ceremonial but prestigious. In post-war Iraq, the Constitution of Iraq, in its "Transitional Guidelines," creates a three-member presidency (or presidential) council, consisting of the president of Iraq and two deputy presidents, who must act in unison. The presidency council had three members to accommodate Iraq's three largest groups: SunniMuslimArabs, Shiite Muslim Arabs, and the mostly Sunni Kurds. As a unit, the Presidency Council was meant to symbolize the unity of the nation. This arrangement is required by the constitution to continue until the Council of Representatives, enters its second set of sessions. At this point, the Presidency Council would be replaced by a solitary President of the Republic, who would have only one deputy, the vice-president. In any case, the Presidency is appointed by the Council of Representatives. The three-member arrangement was a hold-over from the Iraqi Interim Government and the Iraqi Transitional Government.

In September 2014, three new vice presidents were elected: former prime ministers Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi and former speaker of ParliamentOsama al-Nujaifi.

On August 11, 2015, the Council of Representatives approved the plan proposed by the al Abadi government to eliminate the positions of vice president and deputy prime minister. However, this decision was met with opposition, and Osama al-Nujaifi filed a constitutional complaint. Nuri al-Maliki also expressed his determination to retain his position.

On October 10, 2016, Federal Supreme Court of Iraq of Iraq ruled that the abolition of the three vice president posts was unconstitutional. Consequently, the positions were reinstated.

However, since October 2, 2018, the th

Usama an-Nudżajfi (ur. w 1956 w Mosulu) – iracki polityk.

Życiorys

Jest sunnitą. Pochodzi z zamożnej i ustosunkowanej politycznie rodziny z północnego Iraku. Jego ojciec był prawnikiem, a od 1951 do 1953 deputowanym do parlamentu irackiego, matka zaś pracowała jako dyrektor szkoły. Usama an-Nudżajfi z wykształcenia jest inżynierem elektrykiem, ukończył studia na Uniwersytecie w Mosulu. Od 1978 do 1990 pracował w irackim ministerstwie energetyki. Od 1991 zajmował się prowadzeniem rodzinnego gospodarstwa i hodowlą koni arabskich.

W życie polityczne zaangażował się w 2005. W tym samym roku został ministrem przemysłu w irackim rządzie tymczasowym. Negatywnie oceniał projekt nowej konstytucji Iraku

Przed wyborami parlamentarnymi w Iraku w 2010 bracia Usama i Asil an-Nudżajfi przystąpili do tworzonej przez byłego premiera Iraku Ijada Allawiego koalicji o nazwie Iracki Ruch Narodowy. An-Nudżajfi był jednym z jej liderów. Usama an-Nudżajli zdobył mandat w Mosulu, uzyskując blisko 275 tys. głosów. Po wyborach Usama an-Nudżajfi został przewodniczącym (spikerem) niższej izby irackiego parlamentu - Rady Reprezentantów. Opowiadał się za decentralizacją władzy w Iraku, którą, podobnie jak inny lider Irackiego Ruchu Narodowego Tarik al-Haszimi uważał za nieodzowną dla powstrzymania dążeń lidera irackich szyitówNuriego al-Malikiego do władzy autorytarnej.

Podczas pierwszej wizyty w Stanach Zjednoczonych jako przewodniczący parlamentu irackiego, an-Nudżajfi odmówił złożenia wieńca na Grobie Nieznanych Żołnierzy w Airlington, twierdząc, że Amerykanie odgrywali w Iraku rolę nie wyzwolicieli, a okupantów. Podczas wizyty w Iranie wziął udział w pogrzebie matki gen. Ghasema Solejmaniego. 28 kwietnia 2012 an-Nudżajfi brał udział w spotkaniu przywódców irackiej opozycji, podczas którego wystosowano jej żądania wobec rządu al-Malikiego. Narada nie miała jednak

11th vice president of Iraq

Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi (Arabic: أسامة النجيفي; born c. 1956) is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three vice presidents of the country, from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. As the speaker of the Council of Representatives, the informal leader of the moderate Sunni al-Hadba party was the highest ranking Sunni politician of Iraq.

An engineer by profession, al-Nujaifi served as Minister of Industry in the 2005–06 Iraqi Transitional Government. He later won the 2010 parliamentary election and was elected the Speaker of the Council of Representatives. During this time, he built up a reputation as prime ministeral-Maliki staunchest adversary, whom as a Sunni he could defy but not challenge. After leaving offices together with al-Maliki in 2014, he was rewarded the ceremonial post of a Vice President of Iraq, which he held until 2015. The positions of all three Vice Presidents was restored in October 2016.

Early life, education and early career

al-Nujaifi was born 1956 in Mosul to an aristocratic SunniArab family of landowners and politicians. Both his grandfather Muhammad and his father served as members of parliament during the monarchist era. He grew up racing Arabian horses for his family.

In 1978, al-Nujaifi earned a degree in electrical engineering, from the University of Mosul. Shortly after graduation, he worked in the Iraqi government's electricity ministry for 12 years, involved in building power plants.

Together with his brother Atheel, the later governor of Nineveh, in the early 1990s he took over his family's agricultural company, and particularly started out in the Arabian horse trade.

During the rule of Saddam Hussein, the al-Nujaifi family largely remained out of politics, returning to the public scene following his toppling in 2003. They were however accused of harboring sympathies for Saddam's Baath Party,^[5