Ali al-Adeeb

Ali Al-Adeeb
علي الأديب
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
In office
21 December 2010 – 8 September 2014
PresidentJalal Talabani
Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki
Preceded byAbd Dhiyab al-Ajili
Succeeded byHussain al-Shahristani
Personal details
Born1944 (age 81–82)
PartyIslamic Dawa Party
Children5
Alma materAl-Mustansiriya University
University of Baghdad
ProfessionPolitician

Ali Mohammad Al-Hussein Ali Al-Adeeb (Arabic: علي بن محمد الحسين علي الأديب) is an Iraqi politician and a senior member of the Islamic Dawa Party. In April 2006 he was tipped by the United Iraqi Alliance as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, after their original choice, Ibrahim Jaafari, was vetoed by the Kurdistani Alliance and Iraqi Accord Front.

Al-Adeeb was born in Karbala in 1944 and went to secondary school in Baghdad. He obtained a degree in Literature and Education from the Baghdad University and taught Psychology.[1]

While Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq, Al-Adeeb was exiled to Iran, where he headed the Teheran-based Political Bureau of the Dawa party and took the nickname "Abu Bilal". He returned to Iraq in 2003 after the invasion.

Al-Adeeb was appointed to the committee that drafted the Constitution of Iraq in 2004, and has been a member of the Iraqi Parliament since 2005.[2] He served 2 consecutive terms in the parliament before being appointed the Minister of Higher education and Scientific research in 27 December 2014.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Mohareb, Esraa (2014-05-02). "A Conversation with the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education". Al-Fanar Media. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  2. ↑ Curriculum Vitae of His Excellency Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Ali Al-Adeeb Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine