Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary
{{short description|Iraqi politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary
| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| monarch = King Faisal II
| birth_date = 1901
| birth_place = Baghdad, Iraq {{flagicon|Iraq}}
| death_date = 1990s
| termstart = 21 May 1946
| termend = 30 May 1946
| office2 = Minister of Finance
| succeeded = Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
| preceded = Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
| termstart2 = 3 February 1941
| termend2 = 13 April 1941
| primeminister = Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi
| primeminister2 = Taha al-Hashimi
}}
Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary ({{Langx|ar|علي ممتاز الدفتري}}) was an Iraqi nationalist-oriented politician,{{Cite book|last1=الأشقر|first1=جلبير|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4EJpDgAAQBAJ&q=%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A+%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=RA1-PT23|title=العرب والمحرقة النازية|last2=الساقي|first2=دار|date=2017-03-21|publisher=Dar al Saqi|isbn=978-614-425-286-4|language=ar}} held several posts in the Kingdom of Iraq, including parliamentary and ministerial positions.{{Cite book|last=الزهيري|first=غزوان محمود غناوي|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pONgDwAAQBAJ&q=%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A+%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=PT123|title=الأمير عبد الإله بن علي الهاشمي الوصي على عرش العراق: حياته ودوره السياسي : حقائق تنشر أول مرة|date=2017-01-01|publisher=Al Manhal|isbn=9796500316864|language=ar}}
Biography
He was born in 1901.{{cite book |last1=Ghareeb |first1=Edmund A. |title=Historical dictionary of Iraq |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow press |location=Lanham (Md.) Oxford |isbn=0-8108-4330-7}} Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary belongs to the al-Daftary family, a well-known family, including Mahmoud Subhi al-Daftary, Sabih Mumtaz al-Daftary, and Naim Mumtaz al-Daftary, and was married to Ms. Nemat bint Yassin al-Hashemi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.almadasupplements.com/news.php?action=view&id=327#sthash.ZVLEDPzv.wsn9hmt0.dpbs|title=الملك غازي ومشروع زواج لم يكتب له النجاح - ملاحق جريدة المدى اليومية|website=www.almadasupplements.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}
Al-Daftary worked at the Ministry of Finance early in the founding of the Kingdom of Iraq.{{Cite book|last=رؤوف|first=البحراني ،|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr4bY1zV2csC&q=%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A+%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=PT174|title=مذكرات رؤوف البحراني: لمحات عن وضع العراق منذ تأسيس الحكم الوطني عام 1920م ولغاية عام 1963م|date=2009|publisher=AIRP|isbn=978-9953-36-322-6|language=ar}} He was part of Taha al-Hashemi's ministry in 1941.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ahewar.org/debat/show.art.asp?aid=487113|title=حامد الحمداني - نوري السعيد / الحلقة الخامسة عشرة|website=الحوار المتمدن|access-date=2020-03-30}} He served as finance minister the same year in the third ministry of Nuri al-Said.
After that, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Ministry of Tawfiq al Souwaidy from May 21, 1946 to May 30, 1946. {{Cite web|url=http://mofa.gov.iq/ar/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86|title=وزراء الخارجية السابقين|last=|first=|date=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831152641/http://mofa.gov.iq/ar/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86|archive-date=2018-08-31|access-date=2020-03-30}} Then in 1946, he was part of the fourth cabinet of Nuri al-Said, where he served as Minister of works and transportation and a representative of the Liberal Party, but later resigned. Al-Daftary was an opponent of Jabr and supported the 1948 demonstrations.{{Cite web|url=https://algardenia.com/maqalat/8428-2014-01-19-21-14-46.html|title=الگاردينيا - مجلة ثقافية عامة - ذكرى وثبة الشعب العراقي ضد معاهدة بورت سموث|website=algardenia.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}
Al-Daftary was finance minister again in 1948.{{Cite book|last=الطالب|first=إبراهيم عبد|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HLxXDwAAQBAJ&q=%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A+%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=PA182|title=العراق البلد العربي الذي نخره السياسيون 1914 - 2003 م|date=2015-01-01|publisher=Al Manhal|isbn=9796500156422|language=ar}} After the resignation of Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali's ministry in 1954, Nuri al-Said offered him to participate in his ministry, but he apologized, and Nuri al-Said later apologized for the formation of the government that entrusted Arshad al-Omari to form his second cabinet.
In 1957, he served as acting foreign minister in Ali Jawdat al Ayyubi's third ministry. He was reported to have died in 1990s.
Literature
- Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary and his political role in Iraq (milestones in the politics of Iraq in the monarchy) by Hamid Faraj Abdul Hussein. Published in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.neelwafurat.com/itempage.aspx?id=lbb293277-280091&search=books|title=Nwf.com: علي ممتاز الدفتري ودوره السياسي في العرا: حامد فرج عبد ال: كتب|website=www.neelwafurat.com|access-date=2020-03-30}} A master thesis presented in 2014 to basic education at Mustansiriya University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iraqnla-iq.com/opac2/fullrecr.php?nid=32688&hl=ara|title=دار الكتب والوثائق العراقية » ابحث في الفهارس|website=www.iraqnla-iq.com|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=2020-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414054519/http://www.iraqnla-iq.com/opac2/fullrecr.php?nid=32688&hl=ara|url-status=dead}}
References
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