Ammar Al-Hakeem | |
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سيد عمار الحكيم | |
President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq | |
In office 1 September 2009[1] – 1 August 2017 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim |
Succeeded by | Humam Hamoudi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq |
Political party | National Wisdom Movement (since 2017) Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (until 2017) |
Relations | Hakim family |
Residence(s) | Najaf, Iraq |
Alma mater | University of Qom |
Profession | Cleric |
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim (Arabic: عمار الحكيم; b. 1971) is an Iraqi cleric and politician who led the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),[2] from 2009 to 2017. He is currently the head of the National Wisdom Movement which is a political coalition in Iraq that was formed to contest the 2018 general election.[3][4]