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Ibrahim al-Jaafari

Ibrahim Abdul Karim al-Eshaiker (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد الكريم الأشيقر; born 25 March 1947), better known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was prime minister in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He served as minister of foreign affairs from 2014 to 2018.
He was one of the two vice presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005, and he was the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party. He withdrew his nomination for premiership for the permanent government.