Tariq Al-Hashimi
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Tariq al-Hashimi is an Iraqi politician and the general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Along with Adil Abdul Mahdi, he is a Vice President of Iraq in the government formed after the December 2005 elections. As a Sunni, he took the place of fellow Sunni politician Ghazi al-Yawar.
Three of his siblings (two brothers and one sister) were killed by Shiite death squads in 2006.
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Preceded by: Ghazi al-Yawar |
Vice President of Iraq April, 2006 - present serving alongside: Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
Succeeded by: incumbent |