Baraa Najib al-Ruba'i is an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

i politician and a member of the

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who was proposed as a possible Defense Minister in May 2006. He comes from a princely family that oversees the Rabi’a tribe. His father,

Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i Muhammad Najib Ar-Ruba'i ( ar, محمد نجيب الربيعي) (also spelled Al-Rubai) (1904–1965) was the first president of Iraq (Chairman of Sovereignty Council), from July 14, 1958 to February 8, 1963. Together with Abdul Karim Qassi ...

was a prominent officer under the monarchy who was appointed chairman of the three-member Presidential Council by General

Abdul Karim Qassem Abd al-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi ( ar, عبد الكريم قاسم ' ) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi Army brigadier and nationalist who came to power when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown d ...

. A graduate of Sandhurst military college in

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, he worked with the

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in Amman on the 1996 coup attempt along with Iyad Allawi’s

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