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[[Image:Al Maliki.jpg‎ |thumb|140px|Nouri Maliki with president [[George W. Bush]].]]

[[Image:Al Maliki.jpg‎ |thumb|140px|Nouri Maliki with president [[George W. Bush]].]]

'''Nouri Maliki''' (1950- ) is the current Prime Minister of [[Iraq]]. He is a [[Shiite]] [[Muslim]. After the rise of the Baathist party in the 1970's, Maliki was involved in underground resistance efforts to topple the regime of [[Saddam Hussein]]. He fled the country in 1980 and settled as a refuge in [[Syria]]. More then twenty years later, after the [[United States]] liberation of [[Iraq]], he returned and was part of the writing of the country's new constitution<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4932468.stm</ref>. He was chosen to be Iraq's prime minster in April, 2006. He has a 37-member Cabinet was approved by the National Assembly. <ref>http://finderface.co.uk/fresh/1.asp?Name=Nouri_Al-Maliki</ref> On December 30, 2006, Maliki signed a death warrant of [[Saddam Hussein]] and said there should be "no review or delay" in the event.

'''Nouri Maliki''' (1950- ) is the current Prime Minister of [[Iraq]]. He is a [[Shiite]] [[Muslim]]. After the rise of the Baathist party in the 1970's, Maliki was involved in underground resistance efforts to topple the regime of [[Saddam Hussein]]. He fled the country in 1980 and settled as a refuge in [[Syria]]. More then twenty years later, after the [[United States]] liberation of [[Iraq]], he returned and was part of the writing of the country's new constitution<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4932468.stm</ref>. He was chosen to be Iraq's prime minster in April, 2006. He has a 37-member Cabinet was approved by the National Assembly. <ref>http://finderface.co.uk/fresh/1.asp?Name=Nouri_Al-Maliki</ref> On December 30, 2006, Maliki signed a death warrant of [[Saddam Hussein]] and said there should be "no review or delay" in the event.

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