Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi

{{Short description|Iraqi politician (born 1968)}}

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| name = Ahmad Khalaf Muhammad al-Dulaimi

{{langx|ar|أحمد خلف محمد الدليمي}}

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| office = Governor of Anbar

| term_start = 20 August 2013

| term_end = 24 December 2014

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| predecessor = Qasim Al-Fahdawi

| successor = Suhaib al-Rawi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|03|07}}

| birth_place = Al-Ramadi, Iraq

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| nationality = Iraqi

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| appointed = August 2013

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Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi ({{langx|ar|أحمد خلف الدليمي}}, also Ahmad Khalaf Muhammad al-Dulaimi, Ahmed Khalaf Dheyabi) is an Iraqi politician and was the Governor of Al Anbar province from August 2013 to December 2014.

The Anbar governorate election was held in June 2013, amidst on-going demonstrations in Sunni Arab majority areas. The elections in Anbar were topped by the pro-protest 'Uniters List', which allied the al-Hadba party of Usama al-Nujayfi, the speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq with the Iraqi Islamic Party, which had controlled al-Anbar governorate from 2005 to 2009. The previous governor, Qasim Al-Fahdawi, was a businessman who had been nominated by the Awakening parties that had won the 2009 elections.

He served 2007-09 as Director of Internal Security for Al-Anbar Governorate, and before that as an instructor at the Iraqi Military Academy. He is married and has six children.

Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi, a protest organizer from the Iraqi Islamic Party, was eventually chosen as the new Governor.{{cite news |title=Maliki Eyes Third Term: 2013 Iraq Update #34 |author=Stephen Warrick |url=http://iswiraq.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/maliki-eyes-third-term-2013-iraq-update.html |newspaper=Institute for the Study of War |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=31 August 2013}} He was sworn in on Tuesday 20 August 2013.{{cite news |title=Anbar new elected Governor to swear in today |author=Ahmed Hussein |url=http://www.iraqinews.com/baghdad-politics/anbar-new-elected-governor-to-swear-in-today/#axzz2dixtG6dY |newspaper=Iraqi News |date=20 August 2013 |access-date=31 August 2013}}

After being sworn in, al-Dulaimi met with protest leaders, and vowed to defend them should they be targeted by any party.

Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi was wounded in the head and chest on September 7, 2014 during an operation against anti-government forces in the town of Barwana, al-Anbar Province.{{cite news|title=The Governor of al-Anbar Province is Severely Wounded in an Armed Attack in Barwana District|url=http://www.ninanews.com/arabic/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=HGIFGJ&Search_Word=%C7%CD%E3%CF%20%CE%E1%DD|access-date=18 September 2014|agency=National Iraqi News Agency|date=September 7, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was flown to Amman, Jordan for treatment, and then to Berlin, Germany.{{cite news|title=Al-Anbar Governor Flown to Amman When His Condition Worsened |url=http://www.ninanews.com/arabic/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=HGIGEM |access-date=18 September 2014 |agency=National Iraqi News Agency |date=September 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129073414/http://ninanews.com/arabic/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=HGIGEM |archive-date=29 November 2014 }} One member of al-Dulaimi's security team and seven soldiers were killed in the attack. In December 2014 the Anbar Provincial Council moved to have the governor retired, and he was replaced by Suhaib al-Rawi.{{cite news|title=Masum approves the appointment of Suhaib al-Rawi as governor of Anbar|url=http://english.shafaaq.com/politics/12653-masum-approves-the-appointment-of-suhaib-al-rawi-as-governor-of-anbar.html|access-date=30 July 2016|work=Shafaq News|date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816170617/http://english.shafaaq.com/politics/12653-masum-approves-the-appointment-of-suhaib-al-rawi-as-governor-of-anbar.html|archive-date=2016-08-16|url-status=dead}}