Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum
| Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم |
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| President of the Governing Council of Iraq | |
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In office 1 March 2004 – 31 March 2004 |
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| Leader | Paul Bremer |
| Preceded by | Mohsen Abdel Hamid |
| Succeeded by | Massoud Barzani |
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In office 13 July 2003 – 31 July 2003 Acting |
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| Leader | Paul Bremer |
| Preceded by | Saddam Hussein (Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 December 1927 Najaf, Iraq |
| Died | 7 April 2015 (aged 87) Najaf, Iraq |
| Political party | National Iraqi Alliance |
| Alma mater |
Najaf University Cairo University |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Ayatollah Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (Arabic: محمد بحر العلوم; 17 December 1927 – 7 April 2015) was a Twelver Shi'a Islamic leader and politician in Iraq, who served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq (43rd Prime Minister of Iraq). He died of natural causes in 2015.
Al-Ulloum was a longtime opponent of the rule of Saddam Hussein. By 1992 he had moved to London where he opposed Saddam's rule for many years. He was an active member of London's Shi'a community and was the head of AhlulBayt Centre in South London. In November 1992, at the Salahuddin gathering, within the safety of the southern air exclusion zone, along with Masoud Barzani and Colonel Hassan al-Naqib, he was one of the three men to be appointed to the presidential council by the Iraqi National Congress. Mohammad al-Ulloum continued to live in London prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion.
After the United States deposed Saddam Hussein in 2003, as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, al-Ulloum was appointed to the Iraq interim governing council. He agreed to participate in the interim government and was appointed to the nine-member rotating presidency. He was the first president of the council, in an interim capacity, serving in that position from July 13, 2003 until August 1, 2003.
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