Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Ghazi al - Yawar (Arabic Ghazi al - Yawar غازي الياور; * 1958 in Mosul ) is an Iraqi tribal leaders and politicians. He was elected on 1 June 2004 by the Iraqi Governing Council as the first president of Iraq after Saddam Hussein. The previously nominated by the UN Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi Adnan Pachachi, the Office had knocked out. From April 2005 to April 2006, he was vice president of the first freely elected government of Iraq since Saddam Hussein.
The then 45 - or 46 -year-old Sunni al - Yawar was in May 2004, Chairman of the Transitional Council, after his predecessor had fallen victim to an assassination. He is known as reconciliation willing politicians and had expressed both criticism of some Iraqi politicians and the UN draft resolution the U.S. lately ( on 9 June 2004 he was sent to changes - with the participation of Iraq - decided unanimously ( UN Resolution 1546) and gives the government say in the occupation forces ).
Ghazi al - Yawar is an important sheikh of the tribe of Shammar, which is widespread in Arabia and also the mother of the King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah was a member, and comes from Mosul in northern Iraq. As to the Shammar also include Shiites, the tribal leader for many would be a chance to represent the ethnic and religious diversity of Iraq.
At the same time with the future President announced on June 1st Brahimi also his deputy: the Shiite Ibrahim al- Jaafari and Nuri a Kurd Rodsch Schawais. For Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, the Shiite doctor was nominated.
In the first free elections in post -Saddam era led al - Yawar to the largest Sunni candidate list The Iraqis. She got about 150,000 votes, which represents a share of 1.8%. So the party was the fourth most powerful force and got 5 of 275 seats in the National Assembly.
In the new Iraqi government, al - Yawar has been appointed along with the Shiite Adil Abd al - Mahdi, Vice-President. It is thus representative of the new Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is a Kurd.
Al- Yawar resigned in April 2006 from his offices and retired into private life.
Al- Yawar is an engineer and has studied in Saudi Arabia two years, but then completed his studies in the UK.