Tariq Al-Hashimi
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Tariq Al-Hashemi
طارق الهاشمي‎ |
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| Assumed office May 2006 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer and Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
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| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Iraqi Islamic Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Muslim |
Tariq al-Hashimi (Arabic: طارق الهاشمي‎) (born 1942) .[1] is an Iraqi politician and the general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Along with Adil Abdul Mahdi, he is a Vice President of Iraq in the government formed after the December 2005 elections. As a Sunni, he took the place of fellow Sunni politician Ghazi al-Yawar.
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[edit] Political Views
Hashimi's party represented the largest Sunni block in parliament after the 2005 election. Hashimi opposes federalism, wants oil revenues distributed based on population, de-Baathification reversed and more Sunnis in the new military and police.[2]
USA Today reported in December 2006 that Hashimi was involved in forming a multi-sectarian alliance to replace the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with the encouragement of U.S. President George W. Bush, Muqtada al-Sadr.[3]
[edit] Attitude towards US
In a December 2006 discussion with Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi he differentiated between "what the US is calling an insurgency and what "[the Iraqis] call...resistance. [The second group, not al Qaeda] are very much prepared to contribute and to participate in the political process as long as we offer to them doable, a workable, a significant project to accommodate them." In the same discussion, he said violence in Iraq was a function of the American military presece there and that all would calm if the US set a timetable for withdrawal.[4]
In 2007, Hashimi announced plans to pull his political bloc out of the government -- and resign as vice-president -- on May 15 if promised constitutional changes were not made.[5]
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[edit] External links
- Website of Tariq Al-Hashimi
- Vice-president's brother killed in Iraq
- Gunmen kill sister of Iraq VP
- Longer Bio
[edit] References
| Preceded by Ghazi al-Yawar |
Vice President of Iraq April, 2006 - present serving alongside: Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
Succeeded by incumbent |
