Mithal al-Alusi

Mithal al-Alusi
مثال جمال حسين أحمد الآلوسي
Member of Parliament
for Baghdad
In office
15 December 2005 – 7 March 2010
Head of the Supreme National De-Baathification Commission
In office
4 November 2003 – September 2004
Personal details
Born (1953-05-23) May 23, 1953 (age 71)
Alus, Haditha, Al Anbar Governorate, Kingdom of Iraq
NationalityIraqi
German[1][2]
Political partyIraqi Ummah Party (2004–present)[3]
Other political
affiliations		Iraqi National Congress (2003 – September 2004)[4]
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (until 1976)

Mithal Jamal Hussein Ahmad al-Alusi (Arabic: مثال جمال حسين أحمد الآلوسي; born 23 May 1953) is an Iraqi politician and the leader of the Iraqi Ummah Party. He was elected to the Iraqi Council of Representatives as an independent in the December 2005 election and was once again elected in the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election as part of the Civil Democratic Alliance which is an Iraqi political coalition formed by various liberal and civil figures and his party one seat, represented by himself. He arrived in fifth place in Baghdad out of seventy-one seats. He is a Sunni Muslim Arab politician and supports a close alliance with the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Israel.[5]

  1. ^ "Iraqi's warmth to Israel exacts a heavy price - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
  2. ^ "Mithal al-Alusi - an Iraqi Hero? :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes".
  3. ^ Robinson, Heather (March 2009). "Dissident Watch: Mithal al-Alusi". Middle East Quarterly.
  4. ^ "Allawi Runs with Alleged Baathists".
  5. ^ Iraqi's warmth to Israel exacts a heavy price, International herald Tribune, 2008-09-21