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Mishkat Al-Mumin
Mishkat Al-Moumin ( ''Mishkāt al-Mū‘min'', also Romanized ''al-Mumin'') is an Iraqi lawyer and lecturer. She served as the Minister of Environment in the Iraqi Interim Government under Iyad Allawi (2004–05). After surviving several assassination attempts due to her advocacy for women's rights, she moved to the United States. Biography Mishkat al-Moumin was born in Beirut, Lebanon but moved with her family to Iraq. Her father was a lecturer at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. She received her Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Baghdad. Al-Moumin began her career as a lawyer, serving as a member and supervisor of Head's Office for Iraqi Bar Association. In 2001, she joined the Baghdad University's College of Law as a lecturer, a post she held until 2004. Al-Moumin established and became the director of Women and Environment Organisation. She has also been the Women's Issues director at the Free Iraq Foundation. In June 2004, Al-Moumin joined the Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Interim Government
The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the drafting of the new constitution following the National Assembly election conducted on January 30, 2005. The Iraqi Interim Government itself took the place of the Coalition Provisional Authority (and the Iraq Interim Governing Council) on June 28, 2004, and was replaced by the Iraqi Transitional Government on May 3, 2005. Organization The Iraqi Interim Government was recognized by the U.S., the United Nations, the Arab League and several other countries as being the sovereign government of Iraq (see Iraqi sovereignty for more information). The U.S. retained significant de facto power in the country and critics contend that the government existed only at the pleasure of the United States and other coalition countries, whose military forces still remain in Iraq. The coalition did promise that its troops would leave if the new sovereign governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |