Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar
غازي مشعل عجيل الياور
Al-Yawar in 2005
President of Iraq
Interim
In office 28 June 2004 – 7 April 2005
Prime Minister	Ayad Allawi
Preceded by	Saddam Hussein (as President of Iraq) Paul Bremer (as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority)
Succeeded by	Jalal Talabani
Vice President of Iraq
In office 7 April 2005 – 22 April 2006 Serving with Adil Abdul-Mahdi
President	Jalal Talabani
Preceded by	Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Rowsch Shaways
Succeeded by	Adil Abdul-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi
President of the Governing Council of Iraq
In office 17 May 2004 – 1 June 2004
President	Paul Bremer
Preceded by	Ezzedine Salim
Succeeded by	Ayad Allawi (as Prime Minister of Iraq)
Personal details
Born	(1958-03-11) 11 March 1958 (age 66)[citation needed] Mosul, Iraq
Political party	The Iraqis
Alma mater	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals American University George Washington University

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar (Arabic: غازي مشعل عجيل الياور, born 1958) is an Iraqi politician. He was the vice president under the Iraqi Transitional Government in 2006, and was interim president of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005. He also served as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq in 2004 following the US-led coalition invasion.

Al-Yawar was originally a member of the Iraqi Governing Council created following the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. In 2004 he was appointed by the council to serve as interim President of Iraq following the 28 June return of Iraqi sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority.