Adnan al-Assadi
{{Short description|Iraqi politician (1952 - 2021)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Adnan al-Assadi
| birth_date ={{Birth year|1952}}
| birth_place = al-Rumaitha
| nationality = Iraqi
| occupation = Politician
|party= Islamic Dawa Party
}}
Adnan al-Assadi ({{langx|ar|عدنان الأسدي}}, 1952 – April 22, 2021) was an Iraqi politician. He was Iraq's deputy interior minister{{cite web|title=Syria rebels seize key Iraq border crossings|url=http://m.aljazeera.com/Story/201271919353589773|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116115951/http://m.aljazeera.com/Story/201271919353589773|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2013|work=Al Jazeera|accessdate=20 July 2012}} and acting minister of the interior.{{cite web |url=http://www.alalamiatv.com/news/?p=3201 |title=Archived copy |website=www.alalamiatv.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019211607/http://www.alalamiatv.com/news/?p=3201 |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Border Posts Fall Into the Hands of Syrian Rebels|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/world/middleeast/syria-border-with-iraq.html|work=New York Times|date=19 July 2012 |accessdate=20 July 2012|last1=MacFarquhar |first1=Neil |last2=Arango |first2=Tim }} He was also Advisor to the Prime Minister for Security Affairs and a deputy in the Council of Representatives of Iraq for the province of Muthanna in its second session from 2010 to 2011 and third session from 2014 through 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.miqpm.com/new/Memberships_Details.php?ID=208|title=أعضاء البرلمان العراقي: النائب عدنان هادي نور علي سعيد|language=Arabic|trans-title=Representative Adnan Hadi Noor Ali Said|publisher=Iraqi Parliament Monitor|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812160837/http://www.miqpm.com/new/Memberships_Details.php?ID=208|archivedate=12 August 2018|accessdate=21 April 2019|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He was re-elected in the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election with 7,331 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihec.iq/ihecftp/2018/Results.end/moth.m.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812181815/http://www.ihec.iq/ihecftp/2018/Results.end/moth.m.pdf|archivedate=12 August 2018|title=اسماء الفائزين بانتخابات مجلس النواب العراقي 2018 لمحافظة المثنى|language=Arabic|trans-title=Names of the Winners of the 2019 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections for the Province of Muthanna|access-date=28 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
Biography
Adnan al-Assadi was born in 1952 in al-Rumaitha in the province of Muthanna in southern Iraq. He obtained a diploma in pharmacy from the Institute of Higher Health in 1974. In the early 1980s he emigrated to Syria because of his opposition to the Ba'ath Party, and in 1988 he moved to Denmark. He returned to Iraq in 2003. After his return he was appointed a deputy member of the Iraqi Governing Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.kitabat.info/subject.php?id=12002|title=عدنان الأسدي في رحاب التأليف|publisher=Writings in the Balance|author=Majid al-Ka'abi|date=9 December 2011|accessdate=28 April 2019}} In February 2004, he was the Deputy Minister of the Interior for Administrative Affairs, before assuming the post of Senior Deputy Minister of the Interior in 2006. He returned to the position of Deputy Minister of the Interior for Administrative and Financial Affairs in 2008.
In January 2010, he became a deputy in the Iraqi Council of Representatives after winning the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, but resigned in July 2011 in order to return to the position of Senior Deputy Minister of the Interior.{{cite web|url=http://www.miqpm.com/Session_Details.php?ID=79|title=Parliamentary Sessions: 4 July 2011|language=Arabic|publisher=Iraqi Parliament Monitor|accessdate=28 April 2019|archive-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001703/http://www.miqpm.com/Session_Details.php?ID=79|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.akhbaar.org/home/2011/08/115289.html|title=الياسري يؤدي اليمين الدستورية كنائب في البرلمان بدلا عن عدنان الأسدي|language=Arabic|trans-title=Al-Yasiri Sworn in as a Member of Parliament to Replace Adnan al-Asadi|date=14 August 2011|accessdate=29 April 2019|publisher=Al-Akhbar}} In November 2014, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi relieved him of his post and appointed him Advisor to the Prime Minister for Security Affairs.{{Cite web| author=Juad al-Hattab| title = تغييرات تطال مفاصل في وزارة الداخلية العراقية| work = Al-Arabiya| accessdate = 2019-04-28| date = 2014-11-24| url = https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/iraq/2014/11/24/تغييرات-تطال-مفاصل-في-وزارة-الداخلية-العراقية.html|language=Arabic|trans-title=Changes in the Iraqi Interior Ministry}} In January 2015 he was sworn in as a deputy in the Council of Representatives after winning the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election with 43,081 votes, while remaining adviser to the prime minister.{{cite web| url = https://www.alsumaria.tv/mobile/news/121407/| title = اخبار - الاسدي: أشغل حاليا منصب مستشار العبادي للشؤون الأمنية إضافة الى كوني نائبا| website = www.alsumaria.tv| accessdate = 28 April 2019|language=Arabic|trans-title=Al-Asadi: I am currently the adviser to Abadi for security affairs in addition to being a deputy}}
Al-Assadi died from COVID-19 in April 2021.[https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/MP-Adnan-Al-Asadi-passes-away-for-COVID-19 MP Adnan Al-Asadi passes away for COVID-19]
Works
- Political Variables in Iraq after 9/4/2003 (National Defense University 2009){{cite web| url = http://www.clib-catalog.com/opacThesis/index.php?q=%22%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%8A%20.%20%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%20%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%22&hl=ara| title = جامعة بغداد / الامانة العامة للمكتبة المركزية » ابحث في الفهارس| website = www.clib-catalog.com| accessdate = 28 April 2019|publisher=University of Baghdad}}
- Iraq's Foreign Policy towards the Arab Region 2005-2012 (Al-Mustansiriya University 2014)