Mohamed Al-Halbousi
Mohamed Al-Halbousi | |
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محمد الحلبوسي | |
Speaker of the Council of Representatives | |
Assumed office 15 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Salim al-Jabouri |
Governor of Anbar | |
In office 29 August 2017 – 14 September 2018 | |
Appointed by | Anbar Provincial Council |
President | Fuad Masum |
Preceded by | Suhaib al-Rawi |
Succeeded by | Ali Farhan Hameed |
Personal details | |
Born | Al-Karmah, Anbar, Iraq | 4 January 1981
Nationality | Iraq |
Political party | Progress Party |
Residence(s) | Baghdad, Iraq |
Alma mater | Mustansiriya University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Engineer |
Mohammed Rikan Hadid al-Halbousi (Arabic: محمد ريكان حديد الحلبوسي; born January 4, 1981) is an Iraqi politician who is currently the Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq since 15 September 2018. He was previously the governor of Al Anbar Governorate since 29 August 2017. He is the leader of Progress Party.
Al Halbousi won a seat in the Iraqi 2014 parliamentary elections and has been serving an MP ever since. On August 29, 2017, the Anbar Provincial Council voted by a majority vote to elect Halbusi Al Anbar governor.
Biography
Mohammed Rikan Hadid Al-Halbousi Al-Dulaimi was born on January 4, 1981 in Karmah, western Iraq. He is married and holds a degree in Highways and Roads Engineering from Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. He received a BSc. Degree in summer 2002, a year before Iraq war that was waged on March 20, 2003. Al Halbusi moved on to pursue his graduate studies at Al-Mustansiriya University where he received a master's degree in Highways and Roads Engineering in 2006. His MSc. thesis subject title was "Modeling of Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflict on Arterial Street Using the Simulation Approach".
Al Halbousi launched his own private business working as a business person. He has been owning and running Al-Hadeed Co. Ltd. for general Rebuilding projects. Al-Hadeed Company has implemented a number of infrastructure projects in Fallujah city with particular mention to the designing and implementation of the Fallujah sewage matrix. Al Halbousi remained active in his private business until he was tapped to get into the world of Iraqi politics in 2014.
Speaker of the Council of Representatives
On September 2018, Halbousi was elected as the Speaker of the Council of Representatives making him the 11th to serve that position and the 6th since the 2003 invasion. He won 169 votes in a secret ballot conducted at the session of the 329-seat assembly.
On 9 January 2022, Halbousi was elected as the Speaker of Council of Representatives for a second term, defeating Mashahadani, a former speaker of the first parliament set in 2006. Halbousi won with 200 votes, according to a statement from 329-seat parliament.