Basimah Yusuf Butrus
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Professor Basimah Yusuf Butrus (or Basima Yousif Putros) (1963 Arbil, Iraq - ) is an Iraqi Assyrian politician who was Minister of Science and Technology in the Iraqi Transitional Government from May 2005 until May 2006. She was then the only Christian Minister in Iraq. She graduated from Salahaddin University, earning Master's degree in Biochemistry. Religiously, Basimah belongs to the Chaldean Catholic Church and politically is part of the Assyrian Democratic Movement.[1] She is a human rights activist in Iraqi Kurdistan and is a member of the Catholic humanitarian organization named Caritas.
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| Preceded by Rashad Mandan Omar |
Minister of Science and Technology May 2005 - May 2006 |
Succeeded by Raed Fahmy Jahid |
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