Ibrahim al-Jaafari

Ibrahim al-Ja'fari
Ibrahim al-Ja'fari
إبراهيم الجعفري
	Al-Ja'fari in 2014
63rd Prime Minister of Iraq
	In office; 3 May 2005 – 20 May 2006
President	Jalal Talabani
Deputy	See list Rowsch Shaways; Ahmed Chalabi; Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri;
Preceded by	Ayad Allawi
Succeeded by	Nouri al-Maliki
Interim Vice President of Iraq
	In office; June 1, 2004 – April 7, 2005 Serving with Rowsch Shaways
President	Ghazi al-Yawer (interim)
Preceded by	Taha Yassin Ramadan
Succeeded by	Ghazi al-Yawer and Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 8 September 2014 – 25 October 2018
Prime Minister	Haider al-Abadi
Preceded by	Hussain al-Shahristani (acting)
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ali Alhakim
President of the Governing Council of Iraq
	In office; 1 August 2003 – 31 August 2003
Leader	Paul Bremer
Preceded by	Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ahmed Chalabi
Personal details
Born	Ibrahim Abd al-Karim Hamza al-Eshaiker; 25 March 1947 (age 77); Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq
Political party	National Iraqi Alliance; National Reform Trend
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Mosul
Profession	Physician
Website	www.al-jaffaary.net

Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Eshaiker (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد الكريم الأشيقر; born 25 March 1947), also known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2018.

He was one of the two Vice Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005, and he was the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party. He withdrew his nomination for premiership for the permanent government.