Osama al-Nujaifi
Osama al-Nujaifi | |
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أسامة النجيفي | |
Al-Nujaifi in 2011 | |
| Vice President of Iraq | |
| In office 10 October 2016 – 2 October 2018 | |
| President | Fuad Masum |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| In office 9 September 2014 – 11 August 2015 | |
| President | Fuad Masum |
| Preceded by | Khodair al-Khozaei |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Speaker of the Council of Representatives | |
| In office 11 November 2010 – 15 July 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Fuad Masum (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Salim al-Jabouri |
| Minister of Industry | |
| In office 3 May 2005 – 20 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Preceded by | Hajim al-Hassani (Interim) |
| Succeeded by | Fawzi Hariri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Usama Abdu'l Aziz al-Nujayfi 1956 (age 68–69) Mosul, Iraq |
| Political party | al-Hadba (in the Muttahidoon coalition) |
| Relations | Atheel al-Nujaifi (Brother) |
| Residence | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Profession | Engineer, politician |
Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi (Arabic: أسامة النجيفي; born c. 1956) is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three vice presidents of the country, from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. As the speaker of the Council of Representatives, the informal leader of the moderate Sunni al-Hadba party was the highest ranking Sunni politician of Iraq.
An engineer by profession, al-Nujaifi served as Minister of Industry in the 2005–06 Iraqi Transitional Government. He later won the 2010 parliamentary election and was elected the Speaker of the Council of Representatives. During this time, he built up a reputation as prime minister al-Maliki staunchest adversary, whom as a Sunni he could defy but not challenge. After leaving offices together with al-Maliki in 2014, he was rewarded the ceremonial post of a Vice President of Iraq, which he held until 2015. The positions of all three Vice Presidents was restored in October 2016.