Karim Mahdi Salih

Dr. Karim Mahdi Salih is an Iraqi politician who was the Transport Minister of Iraq in the government of Nouri al-Maliki from May 2006 until April 2007. He is a member of the Sadrist Movement within the United Iraqi Alliance.

In July, Salih offered his resignation as Transport Minister, along with fellow Sadrist ministers Liwa Sumaysim and Sa'd Tahir Al-Hashimi. The Agriculture Minister, Ya'rub Nazim al-Abbudi was reported to have been appointed as temporary Transport Minister in his place.[1][2] Moqtadr al-Sadr was reported to have said the three ministers "lacked the necessary qualifications and experience to run their ministries".[3] However he was still in his position four months later [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ IRAQ'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTER RESIGNS, Radio Free Europe, 2006-07-24
  2. ↑ Iraq's leader makes an official visit to Turkey, International Herald Tribune, 2006-11-16
  3. ↑ U.S.-Led Forces in Iraq Kill 9 in Raid, San Francisco Chronicle, 2006-06-12
  4. ↑ Iraq Closes Baghdad, Basra Airports, Anatolian Times, 2006-11-23


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