10 Facts About Mahmoud al-Mashhadani

Mahmoud Dawud al-Mashhadani is an Iraqi politician and the current Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives since 31 October 2024.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani was elected to the Council of Representatives as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front list in 2005.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani joined the medical corps of the Iraqi Army in 1975 as a Lieutenant and rose to the rank of Army Major.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani was imprisoned for opposing the Gulf War in 1990 and sentenced to death, which was commuted to 15 years after payment of bribes.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani was a founding member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Council.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani was nominated to the speakership by the IAF after the main coalition in the Council of Representatives, the United Iraqi Alliance, objected to the nomination of Tariq Al-Hashimi.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani was nominated as part of a deal on government posts between the IAF, UIA and Kurdistani Alliance.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani was unanimously elected to the speakership on April 22,2006, receiving 159 votes against 97 spoilt and 10 abstentions.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani said the perpetrators were linked to Mossad and received their orders from Tel Aviv.

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani warned "the day will come when we purge our country of them".