Ezzedine Salim

Ezzedine Salim
عز الدين سليم
President of the Governing Council of Iraq
In office
1 May 2004 – 17 May 2004
Preceded byMassoud Barzani
Succeeded byGhazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Personal details
Born(1943-03-23)23 March 1943
Basra, Iraq
Died17 May 2004(2004-05-17) (aged 61)
Baghdad, Iraq
Political partyIslamic Dawa Party

Ezzedine Salim (Arabic: عز الدين سليم), also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed (23 March 1943[1] – 17 May 2004, عبد الزهراء عثمان محمد), was an Iraqi politician, author, educator, Islamist theorist and one of the leading members of the Iraqi Dawaa Movement between 1980 and 2004. He served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq (45th Prime Minister of Iraq) in 2004.

Author of over 50 books, including history, Islamic events and works on education, he is best known in the Muslim world for his work on what he believed to be the social and political role of Islam, particularly in his book Political Opposition in the experience of Imam Ali(as). His magnum opus, Fatima Bint Muhammad, is a high calibre commentary on the life of Fatima, the daughter of Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

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