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Maysoon Salem Al-Damluji | |
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Deputy Minister of Culture of Iraq | |
In office June 2004 – March 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Ayad Allawi |
Personal details | |
Born | Baghdad, Iraq | 15 February 1962
Political party | Assembly of Independent Democrats |
Alma mater | Architectural Association School of Architecture |
Maysoon Salem Al-Damluji (Arabic: ميسون سالم الدملوجي); born 1962) first name also spelt Maysun, is a liberal Iraqi politician and women's rights campaigner. She was Iraq's deputy minister of culture from June 2004 until March 2006 and is a member of the Council of Representatives for the Al-Wataniya national coalition, headed by former Prime Minister and Vice President Iyad Allawi. Al-Damluji is the president of the Iraqi Independent Women's Group (IIWG). Her brother, Omar Al-Farouq Al-Damluji, was Iraq's minister of housing in 2004-5. Her nephew, Hassan Al-Damluji, is a British-Iraqi development strategist.
In 2010, Al-Damluji became the official spokesman for the Iraqiya movement, which later dissolved in December 2012.