Ayad al-Samarrai
{{Short description|2nd Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq}}
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| name = Ayad al-Samarrai
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| office = Secretary-General of the Iraqi Islamic Party
| term_start = 12 July 2011
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| deputy = Salim al-Jabouri
| predecessor = Osama Tawfiq al-Tikriti
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| birth_place = Adhamiyah, Baghdad, Iraq
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}
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| nationality = Iraqi
| party = Iraqi Islamic Party
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| alma_mater = University of Baghdad
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Ayad al-Samarrai ({{langx|ar|إياد السامرائي}}; born 1946) is a Sunni Arab Iraqi politician,{{cite web
|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8007025.stm
|title= New speaker for Iraq parliament
|accessdate=2010-02-13
|publisher=BBC News
|date=19 April 2009}} who was the chairman of the Iraqi Accord Front parliamentary group, and since July 2011 is the Secretary-General of the Iraqi Islamic Party. He was elected as the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on April 19, 2009, and served until June 2010.
Early life
Samarrai was born in 1946 in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad.{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/samarrai.htm|title = Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Ayad al-Samarrai}} He graduated in 1970 from the University of Baghdad with a Bachelor of Science from the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Exile
Samarrai lived in exile in Leeds Britain in 1995, when he was elected secretary-general of the party.[http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=151&id=1013 Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811113516/http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=151&id=1013 |date=August 11, 2007 }}, Niqash, 2005-11-07, accessed on 2007-07-07
Prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq he was appointed to the American-backed opposition Follow-Up and Arrangement Committee.
Return to Iraq
In September 2006, he was appointed as a member/ second deputy chairman of parliamentary review committee considering amendments to the constitution of Iraq.
In July 2007, he was elected head of the Iraqi Accordance Front parliamentary group, replacing Adnan al-Dulaimi.[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/06/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Sunnis.php Sunni disagreements could lead to Accordance front breakup], International Herald Tribune, 2007-07-06, accessed on 2007-07-07
On 24 May 2009, he was elected as Deputy of the Iraqi Islamic Party.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=20226|title=A New Secretary-General Replaces Tarek Al-Hashemi - Ikhwanweb}}
References
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{{Speakers of the Iraqi Parliament}}
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