Hussain al-Shahristani
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Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani is the current Iraqi Minister of Oil. He is a former nuclear scientist who was imprisoned in Abu Ghraib for ten years and subjected to torture[1] for objecting to Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons programme.[citation needed]
An independent member of the United Iraqi Alliance, he was previously the deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government and was considered for the post of Prime Minister in the current government.[citation needed]
He was appointed oil minister in May 2006 after the Islamic Virtue Party, which previously held the oil portfolio had withdrawn from the government coalition. By August, however, he was under pressure as the fuel crisis had worsened under his tenure. [2]
| Preceded by Ahmed Chalabi |
Oil Minister 2006–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ The Big Picture, Oliver Miles, The Guardian, November 19 2005
- ^ Civil War Violence Explodes Throughout Iraq, Informed Comment, 2006-08-28
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