Muqtada al-Sadr

Muqtada al-Sadr
al-Sadr in Tehran, 2019
Leader of the Sadrist Movement
Assumed office
5 December 2003
Preceded byMohammad al-Sadr
Personal details
Born (1974-08-04) 4 August 1974 (age 49)[1]
Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq
Political partySadrist Movement
Other political
affiliations
Al-Ahrar Bloc
(2014–2018)
Alliance Towards Reforms (Saairun)(2018–2021)[2]
Residence(s)Hanana, Najaf, Iraq

Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanizedMuqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974)[3] is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement[4] and the leader of the Peace Companies, a successor to the militia he had previously led during the American military presence in Iraq, the Mahdi Army. In 2018, he joined his Sadrist political party to the Saairun alliance, which won the highest number of seats in the 2018 and 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections.[5]

  1. ^ "بطاقة الناخب مقتدى الصدر". Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ Hamza Mustafa (18 February 2014). "Iraq: Sadrist resignations threaten new political crisis". Asharq Al Awsat. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ "بطاقة الناخب مقتدى الصدر". Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ Hroub, Khaled (28 May 2012). Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology. Saqi. ISBN 978-0-86356-883-1.
  5. ^ "Pro-Iran groups seen losing Iraq election and firebrand cleric winning". NBC News. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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