Qasim Al-Fahadawi
Qasim Al-Fahadawi | |
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قاسم الفهداوي | |
Ahmed Khalaf Dheyabi | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
| Occupation | Politician |
Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi (
Early life
Al-Fahadawi was born in
Term as Governor
Following the 2009 Al Anbar governorate election, the leaders of the largest two parties, Ahmed Abu Risha of the Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance and Saleh al-Mutlaq of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, invited Al-Fahadawi to come to Anbar as governor. He said he would only do so if he could work with all parties and that there would be no partisan political interference in his work, which they agreed. He was voted in as Governor by the Anbar Provincial Council 24-3 and formed an administration with all parties in the provincial council except the Iraqi Islamic Party which declined to join.[2]
Following his appointment, he condemned the "widely spread culture of corruption" that had developed and said he needed to "rebuild people's damaged morals". He pledged to focus on improving the supply of electricity and building new generation plants in Haditha, Ramadi and Fallujah. He signed a contract with a Korean company to build a complex of residences, hospitals, a sports centre and government buildings in Ramadi.
Al-Fahadawi was seriously injured in an assassination attempt by a suicide bomber on December 30, 2009. He had been surveying the scene of an earlier suicide attack in Ramadi when the bomber struck. At least 23 others were killed.
As Governor, he negotiated with the Emirati oil companies, Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas to develop Anbar's Akkas gas field. The companies promised to create 100,000 jobs, and Fahadawi asked Prime Minister al-Maliki to by-pass the usual Oil Ministry tendering process to award the contract to these two companies. Opponents accused him of corruption, controlling how business contracts are awarded, with the head of the US Provincial Reconstruction Team saying that "accountability and transparency were at variance" with the expectations of Anbar's leaders.[6]
Following the
Term as Minister
Al-Fahadawi was appointed by Haider al-Abadi to serve in his government, a role he assumed on 8 September 2014, serving as Minister of Electricity. In February 2016, Al-Fahadaqi was named as someone who could potentially lose their role in a future reshuffle.[9]
References
- ^ a b Niqash meets Anbar's new governor Archived August 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Niqash, 2009-06-18
- ^ a b In Iraq's Anbar province, the Awakening grapples with a new role, Los Angeles Times, 2009-05-04
- fDi Magazine, 2009-08-18
- ^ Provincial Governor Survives Iraq Bombings, The New York Times, 2009-12-30
- ^ What’s Old Is New Again, The New Republic, 9 February 2010
- New York Times, 12 September 2009
- ^ Stephen Warrick (29 August 2013). "Maliki Eyes Third Term: 2013 Iraq Update #34". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ Ahmed Hussein (20 August 2013). "Anbar new elected Governor to swear in today". Iraqi News. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ Martin, Patrick (15 February 2016). "Iraq Prime Minister's Cabinet Reshuffle May Lead to No-Confidence Vote". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 6 October 2016.