Leila Abdul-Latif
Leila Abdul Latif | |
|---|---|
| ليلى عبد اللطيف | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| In office June 2004 – 3 May 2005 | |
| President | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (acting) |
| Prime Minister | Ayad Allawi |
| Preceded by | Sami Azara al-Majun |
| Succeeded by | Idris Hadi |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Iraqi National Accord |
Leila Abdul Latif[a] is an Iraqi politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government from June 2004 to 3 May 2005. A Shiite Arab from the Banu Tamim tribe, she is a member of the Iraqi National Accord led by Interim Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi.
She joined the Assembly of Independent Democrats led by Adnan Pachachi for the Iraqi legislative election of January 2005. Partly due to a boycott of the election by most Sunni Arabs, the list won no seats.
In May 2005, the new government of Ibrahim al-Jaafari issued arrest warrants against Abdul Latif for financial corruption and "bringing back to the government members of the former regime".[1]
In August 2006, the independent Commission for Public Integrity filed corruption charges against Abdul Latif, before releasing her on bail.[2] She was convicted of a minor offense and given a suspended sentence.[3]
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References
- ↑ Arrest warrants issued against two former Iraqi ministers Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Star (Malaysia), 2005-05-15
- ↑ US Troops Among Nearly 50 Dead in Iraq[link removed], Associated Press, 2006-08-12
- ↑ The Least Accountable Regime in the Middle East, Ed Harriman, London Review of Books, 2006-09-02