Mohammed Al-Ghabban | |
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| محمد الغبّان | |
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| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 18 October 2014 – 8 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Haider al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Succeeded by | Qasim al-Araji |
| Member of the Parliament | |
| In office 1 September 2018 – Present | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Baghdad,[1] Iraq |
| Other political affiliations | Fatah Alliance |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Mohammed Salem Al-Ghabban (Arabic: محمد سالم الغبان, born 1961[1] in Karrada-Baghdad) is an Iraqi politician and the former Minister of Interior.
Al-Ghabban was first elected to the Iraqi Council of Representatives in 2014 as representative for Baghdad. As member of the State of Law Coalition he went on to be appointed Minister of Interior and was sworn in on 18 October 2014.[2] He was in office until 8 July 2016. In September 2018 he was elected as an MP for Baghdad region in the Iraqi Parliament's 4th term. Currently he's the head of the Fatah Alliance bloc in the Iraqi Parliament[3][4][5] and member of the Foreign Committee.
Al-Ghabban, who speaks English, graduated from high school in Baghdad in 1979 with a diploma in Modern Management. In 1996, he earned a bachelor's degree in English Studies from Allameh Tabataba'i University. In 2006, he obtained a master's degree in Islamic Studies from the University of London (Birkbeck). In 2018 he received his doctorate degree in Political Sciences from the University of Tehran.
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