Abdul Razzaq al-Issa
{{short description|Iraqi politician}}
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| honorific-prefix =
| name = Abdul Razzaq al-Issa
| native_name = عبد الرزاق العيسى
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| image = Abdulrazzaq Alhajessa (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Abdul Razzaq al-Issa in 2018
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| office = Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
| term_start = 15 August 2016
| term_end = 25 October 2018
| alongside =
| president =
| primeminister = Haider al-Abadi
| constituency =
| majority =
| predecessor = Hussain al-Shahristani
| successor = Jamal al-Adil
| office1 = Minister of Finance
{{small|Acting}}
| term_start1 = 21 September 2016
| term_end1 = 25 October 2018
| president1 =
| primeminister1 = Haider al-Abadi
| predecessor1 = Hoshyar Zebari
| successor1 = Fuad Hussein
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}
|birth_name = Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalel al-Issa
|nationality = Iraqi
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|alma_mater = University of Basrah
University of Liverpool
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Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalel al-Issa (Arabic:عبد الرزاق العيسى) (born 1949) is an Iraqi politician who served in different cabinet posts. He was recently Iraq's Minister of Higher Education.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/5109/Abdul-Razzaq-al-Issa-appointed-as-acting-minister-of-finance-source|title=Abdul Razzaq al-Issa appointed as acting minister of finance|date=17 January 2017|website=Thebaghdadpost.com|accessdate=13 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rs.iq/iraq_news/view/9976|title=Abdul Razzaq al-Issa appointed as acting minister of finance - Rabee Securities|website=Rs.iq|accessdate=13 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.el-essa.com/en/cv-en.html|title=Circulume Viate of Dr.Abdul-Razak Abdul-Jaleel Al-Essa|website=El-essa.com|accessdate=13 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://ekurd.net/iraq-loans-pounds-uk-2017-03-05/iraqi-finance-minister-abdul-razzak-al-essa-r-baghdad-iraq-mar-5-2017-reuters|title=Iraqi Finance Minister Abdul Razzak al-Essa |website=Ekurd.net|accessdate=13 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://arts.uokufa.edu.iq/en/index.php/tempo-2/353-the-minister-of-higher-education-and-scientific-research-professor-abdul-razzaq-abdul-jalil-al-issa-and-the-iraqi-hope-society-honor-the-dean-of-the-faculty-of-arts-at-the-university-of-kufa-professor-aqeel-al-khaqani|title=The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalil Al-Issa, and the Iraqi Hope Society, honor the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Kufa, Professor Aqeel Al-Khaqani|website=Arts.uokufa.edu.iq|accessdate=13 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084143/http://arts.uokufa.edu.iq/en/index.php/tempo-2/353-the-minister-of-higher-education-and-scientific-research-professor-abdul-razzaq-abdul-jalil-al-issa-and-the-iraqi-hope-society-honor-the-dean-of-the-faculty-of-arts-at-the-university-of-kufa-professor-aqeel-al-khaqani|archive-date=12 December 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://mohesr.gov.iq/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9/|title=صفحة السيد الوزير - وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي -Ministry of higher education and scientific research|website=Mohesr.gov.iq|accessdate=13 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.algharbiyanews.com/?p=62057|title=السيرة الذاتية لوزير التعليم العالي الجديد|date=31 March 2016|website=Algharbiyanews.com|accessdate=13 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084206/https://www.algharbiyanews.com/?p=62057|archive-date=12 December 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.alsumaria.tv/entity/2483483834/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89/ar/1|title=عبد الرزاق عبد الجليل العيسى|website=Alsumaria.tv|accessdate=13 December 2017}}
Early life and education
al-Issa was born in 1949 in Najaf, Iraq. He studied chemistry at the University of Basra in 1971 and received his doctorate from University of Liverpool in 1979. He served as president of the University of Kufa from 2006 until 2011 and in 2015 became a consultant to the Minister of Higher Education "Hussain al-Shahristani". In April 2016, Minister Haider al-Abadi to the government of technocrats to assume the post of Ministry of Higher Education and in August 2016 was approved in the Iraqi parliament to take office.
References
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External links
- [http://www.el-essa.com/en/ Official Site (Abdul Razzaq al-Issa)(EN)]
- [http://mohesr.gov.iq/en/ Official site (Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research)]
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Category:Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq
Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Category:University of Basrah alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Basrah
Category:Higher Education ministers of Iraq
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