Mohammed Al-Ghabban

Mohammed Al-Ghabban
محمد الغبّان
Minister of Interior
In office
18 October 2014 – 8 July 2016
Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi
Preceded byNouri al-Maliki
Succeeded byQasim al-Araji
Member of the Parliament
In office
1 September 2018 – Present
Personal details
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Baghdad,[1] Iraq
Other political
affiliations
Fatah Alliance
Alma materUniversity of London

Mohammed Salem Al-Ghabban (Arabic: محمد سالم الغبان, born 1961[1] in Karrada-Baghdad) is an Iraqi politician and the former Minister of Interior.

Al-Ghabban was first elected to the Iraqi Council of Representatives in 2014 as representative for Baghdad. As member of the State of Law Coalition he went on to be appointed Minister of Interior and was sworn in on 18 October 2014.[2] He was in office until 8 July 2016. In September 2018 he was elected as an MP for Baghdad region in the Iraqi Parliament's 4th term. Currently he's the head of the Fatah Alliance bloc in the Iraqi Parliament[3][4][5] and member of the Foreign Committee.

Al-Ghabban, who speaks English, graduated from high school in Baghdad in 1979 with a diploma in Modern Management. In 1996, he earned a bachelor's degree in English Studies from Allameh Tabataba'i University. In 2006, he obtained a master's degree in Islamic Studies from the University of London (Birkbeck). In 2018 he received his doctorate degree in Political Sciences from the University of Tehran.

  1. ^ a b "Iraq: i profili dei ministri nominati dal parlamento (2)" (in Italian). Agenzia Nova. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Iraq crisis: MPs complete anti-IS government". BBC. BBC.com. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Al-Fath Alliance chooses Mohammad al-Ghabban as its parliamentary bloc and Adnan Fihan as his deputy". nenosplace.forumotion.com. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  4. ^ "العراق .. تغييرات في رئاسة الكتلة النيابية لتحالف الفتح". alkawthartv.com | قناة الکوثر (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  5. ^ "تحالف الفتح يختار "محمد الغبان" رئيساً لكتلته النيابية و"عدنان فيحان" نائباً له". اخبار العراق الان. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

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