Nouri al-Maliki

Nouri al-Maliki is an Iraqi politician who served as the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014. He was born in 1951 in Tikrit, Iraq, and studied engineering at the University of Baghdad. Al-Maliki has been involved in Iraqi politics since the 1990s and has held various positions, including minister of defense and deputy prime minister. He is known for his strong stance on national unity and his efforts to rebuild Iraq after the US-led invasion. Al-Maliki has also been the subject of several controversies, including allegations of corruption and human rights abuses.