Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي | |
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Prime Minister of Iraq | |
In office 25 October 2018[1] – 7 May 2020 | |
President | Barham Salih |
Deputy | Thamir Ghadhban Fuad Hussein |
Preceded by | Haider al-Abadi |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi |
Minister of Oil | |
In office 8 September 2014 – 19 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
Preceded by | Abdul Karim Luaibi |
Succeeded by | Jabbar Alluaibi |
Vice President of Iraq | |
In office 7 April 2005 – 11 July 2011 Serving with Ghazi al-Yawer (until 2006) and Tariq al-Hashimi (after 2006) | |
President | Jalal Talabani |
Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
Preceded by | Rowsch Shaways |
Succeeded by | Tariq al-Hashimi |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 2 June 2004 – 6 April 2005 | |
President | Jalal Talabani |
Prime Minister | Ayad Allawi |
Preceded by | Kamel al-Kilani |
Succeeded by | Ali Allawi |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 2 June 2004 – 6 April 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Ayad Allawi |
Preceded by | Kamel al-Kilani |
Succeeded by | Ali Allawi |
Personal details | |
Born | Adil Abdul-Mahdi al-Muntafiki 1 January 1942 Baghdad, Iraq |
Political party | Independent (since 2017)[2] SIIC (1982–2017)[3] Iraqi Communist (1970s)[4] |
Spouse(s) | Rajah |
Alma mater | University of Baghdad (BA) University of Poitiers (MA, PhD) |
Adil Abdul-Mahdi al-Muntafiki (Arabic: عادل عبد المهدي المنتفكي, born 1 January 1942) is an Iraqi politician and economist. He was the Prime Minister of Iraq from October 2018 to May 2020.[5]
Al-Muntafiki was one of the Vice Presidents of Iraq from 2005 to 2011. He was the Finance Minister in the Interim government and Oil Minister from 2014 to 2016.[6]
On 29 November, after weeks of violent protests, Mahdi announced that he would resign his post.[7][8] The Iraqi parliament approved his resignation on 1 December 2019. He was replaced by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in May 2020.[9][10]