Adnan al-Janabi

Adnan Abd al-Munim al-Janabi (Arabic: عدنان عبد المنعم الجنابي‎) is an Iraqi politician, tribal leader and economist who was a Minister of State in the Iraqi Interim Government from June 2004 to January 2005.

al-Janabi was born in Musayyib, south of Baghdad, to a Sunni Arab family. His brother was a senior official in the government of Saddam Hussein.

Earning a B.Sc. in economics from the University of London and an M.Sc.petrolum technology in economics from Loughborough University[1] he worked in the government-controlled oil industry of Iraq in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1996 he was elected to Iraq's National Assembly.[2]

After the overthrow of the government of Saddam Hussein, al-Janabi served as minister of state without portfolio in the Iraqi Interim Government. He was also campaign manager of the Iraqi List for the Iraqi legislative election of January 2005. He resigned in January 2005 in protest against being handcuffed by U.S. troops at a roadblock.[3]

He was elected to the Council of Representatives of Iraq in the January 2005 elections and became the deputy chairman of the Committee set up by the Iraqi Transitional Government to draft a permanent constitution of Iraq. Adnan Al-Janabi was re-elected to the Council of Representatives in the election of march 7th 2010. He was among the leading candidates of the"IRAQIA" list for Baghdad province.

In 2014, Aljanabi was re-elected in the Iraqi parliament.

Al-Janabi is president of Iraq Centre For Research And Studies.[4] He is the chief sheikh of Al-Janabi tribe, one of the most important tribes of Iraq.

Adnan al-Janabi is the father of Salam al-Janabi, better known as Salam Pax, whose English-language weblog "Where is Raed?" became famous at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[5]

References
  1. Al-Janabi, Adnan, "Crude Oil Price Differentials," OPEC Review 2:5, p. 16 (Dec. 1978).
  2. IRAQ: The interim government leaders, Pan, Esther, Council on Foreign Relations, 2 June 2004, accessed 5 June 2006.
  3. Iraq aide quits over US conduct, BBC News, January 12, 2005, accessed June 5, 2006
  4. Iraq Centre For Research And Studies
  5. Middle East Reference
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