| Name:
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Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim
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| Title:
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President, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) (formerly known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI))
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| Position: |
No position found
to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
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| Reasoning: |
No position found (as of 12/18/06)
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Credibility/
Ranking: |
 Expert/VIP
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement: |
- President and Founding Member, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), the largest political party in the Iraqi Council of Representatives
- 2003 - President, Iraqi Governing Council
- Former leader, Badr Organization, the military wing of SIIC
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| Education: |
- Shi'ite theological education
| Relevant Affiliations: |
- Son of Grand Ayatollah Muhsin Al-Hakim, the spiritual leader for the Shia world, 1955-1970
- Brother of Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim, the first leader of the (SCIRI), who was assassinated in Najaf in August 2003
- Spent 20 years as an exile in Iran
- Top candidate listed for the United Iraqi Alliance during the first Iraqi legislative election of January 2005 but did not seek a government post because the Alliance had decided not to include theologians in the government
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| Contact Info: |
Phone: None listed
FAX: None listed
E-Mail: Online Contact Form [in Arabic]
Web Site: SIIC Homepage [in Arabic]
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| Other: |
- Speaker, "Freedom and Tolerance in Shi'a Islam and the Future of Iraq" at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, D.C. on behalf of the Catholic University of America and American University's Center for Global Peace, December 5, 2006
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