Ali Allawi

Ali Allawi
علي عبد الامير علاوي
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister
In office
7 May 2020  16 August 2022
PresidentBarham Salih
Prime MinisterMustafa Al-Kadhimi
Preceded byFuad Hussein
Succeeded byTaif Sami Mohammed
In office
6 April 2005  May 2006
PresidentJalal Talabani
Prime MinisterIbrahim al-Jaafari
Preceded byAdil Abdul-Mahdi
Succeeded byBaqir Jabr al-Zubeidi
Minister of Defence
In office
April 2004  June 2004
PresidentGhazi Mashal
Prime MinisterAyad Allawi
Succeeded byHazim al-Shaalan
Minister of Trade
In office
September 2003  June 2004
Preceded byCoalition Provisional Authority
Succeeded byAdil Abdul-Mahdi
Personal details
Born1947 (age 7778)
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
CitizenshipIraq, United States, United Kingdom
Political partyNon-partisan
RelationsAhmed Chalabi (uncle)
Ayad Allawi (cousin)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University

Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi (Arabic: علي عبد الامير علاوي; born 1947) is an Iraqi politician and scholar. From May 2020 to August 2022, he ran as Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.

He resigned from the post of finance minister on August 16, 2022 due to the deteriorating political situation in Iraq. He was Minister of Trade and Minister of Defense in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council from September 2003 until 2004, and subsequently Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government between 2005 and 2006.