Salim al-Jabouri

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Salim al-Jabouri
سليم الجبوري
Mohamed Al Halbusi
Personal details
Born (1971-08-12) August 12, 1971 (age 52)
Muqdadiya, Ba'athist Iraq
Political partyMuttahidoon
Alma materNahrain University

Salim Abdullah al-Jabouri (

Iraqi Parliament on 15 July 2014 until 1 July 2018.[1]

Al-Jabouri now holds the position of president of Iraqi Parliament starting from 2014.

Al-Jabouri is a Sunni Arab from

Muqdadiya, Diyala Governorate who obtained a doctorate in law in 2001. He worked as a law professor at Nahrain University in Baghdad.[2]

He was originally a member of the

Muqdadiya.[4]

He stood in Diyala in the

Nouri al Maliki of torturing detainees.[6] In 2011, the Iraqi newspaper Al-Sabah al-Jadid quoted sources saying an arrest warrant had been issued for him on charges of terrorism.[citation needed] The al Sabah newspaper reported at the same time that the Higher Judicial Council had asked the parliament to lift his immunity.[citation needed] In March 2014 he was targeted by a roadside bomb which killed two of his bodyguards.[7]

He was elected in the 2014 general election on the "Diyala is Our Identity Coalition", a predominantly Sunni Arab list which won 5 out of 14 seats and is part of a wider alliance with the Muttahidoon party of former speaker Osama al-Nujaifi. His election was initially approved by the Independent High Electoral Commission on the grounds that they had "serious crime cases" pending against him.[8] However, he was acquitted by the Federal Supreme Court and allowed to take his seat.[9]

After the election he was selected by the Sunni Arab MPs as their candidate for the speakership, following the Muhassasah convention adopted in Iraq whereby the speaker is always a Sunni Arab, the Prime Minister always a Shi'ite Arab and the President a Kurd.[10] Al-Jabouri won 194 votes, a majority of the 328 MPs as required under the constitution.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Salim al-Jubouri elected new Iraq parliament speaker". Indo-Asian News Service. 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Iraq parliament elects Salim Jabouri as speaker". Al Arabiya. 15 July 2014.
  3. ^ Visser, Reidar (15 July 2014). "The Iraqi Parliament Elects Its New Speakership".
  4. ^ "Iraq Security Developments". 28 Feb 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. ^ Visser, Reidar (30 December 2010). "Replacement Chaos in the Iraqi Parliament". Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. Christian Science Monitor
    . 20 Jan 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Iraq hit by sectarian violence as elections loom". euronews. 26 Mar 2014.
  8. ^ Visser, Reidar (16 June 2014). "The Iraqi Supreme Court Certifies the 30 April General Election Result".
  9. ^ "Salim Al Jabouri is selected as Speaker of Parliament". al Masalah. 16 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Iraq's Sunnis pick Salim al-Juburi as parliament speaker". Ya Libnan. 13 July 2014.
  11. Daily Star (Lebanon)
    . 15 July 2014.


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