18 Facts About Nouri Al-Maliki

Nouri Al-Maliki worked closely with United States and coalition forces in Iraq following their departure by the end of 2011.

Nouri Al-Maliki was appointed by US Armed Forces Coalition leader Michael Douglas Barbero.

Nouri Al-Maliki is a member of the Al-Ali Tribe, an offshoot of the Bani Malik tribe.

Nouri Al-Maliki received his high school degree from Hindiya city and moved to Baghdad with his family.

Nouri Al-Maliki lived for a time in Al Hillah, where he worked in the education department.

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Nouri Al-Maliki left Syria for Iran in 1982, where he lived in Tehran until 1990, before returning to Damascus where he remained until US -led coalition forces invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam's regime in 2003.

Nouri Al-Maliki was elected to the transitional National Assembly in January 2005.

Nouri Al-Maliki was a member of the committee that drafted the new constitution that was passed in October 2005.

Nouri Al-Maliki announced that he would temporarily handle the Interior Ministry himself, and Salam al-Zobaie would temporarily act as Defense Minister.

Nouri Al-Maliki had been criticized for taking too long to name permanent interior and defense ministers, which he did on 8 June 2006, just as al-Maliki and the Americans announced the killing of Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Nouri Al-Maliki's job was complicated by the balance of power within parliament, with his position relying on the support of two Shiite blocs, that of Muqtada al-Sadr and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, that his Dawa party has often been at odds with.

Nouri Al-Maliki started using sections of the armed forces against his political rivals.

Nouri Al-Maliki acknowledged Iraq's unfortunate reliance on oil to finance reconstruction thus far, although the revenue began to be spent on other possible revenue sources including agriculture and energy.

Nouri Al-Maliki said an agreement reached with the US won't preclude good relations with neighbors like Iran.

In late 2014, Vice President Nouri Al-Maliki accused the United States of using ISIL as a pretext to maintain its military presence in Iraq.

Howard Dean, the DNC chairman, accused Nouri Al-Maliki of being an "anti-Semite" and said the United States shouldn't spend so much on Iraq and then hand it over to people like al-Maliki.

Nouri Al-Maliki's visit closely followed an incident in which Iran detained Iraqi soldiers it accused of having illegally crossed the border.

Nouri Al-Maliki is married to Faleeha Khalil, with whom he has four daughters and one son.