His Highness Mohammed Shia' Al_Sudani محمد شياع السوداني |
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![]() Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani as Maysan Governor in 2010
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Human Rights Minister of Iraq | |
In office 21 December 2010 – 18 October 2014 |
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President | Jalal Talabani |
Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
Preceded by | Wijdan Michael Salim |
Succeeded by | Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati |
Governor of Maysan Province | |
In office 2009–2010 |
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Preceded by | Adil Mahwadar Radi |
Succeeded by | Ali Dawai Lazem |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970 (age 46–47) Baghdad, Iraq |
Political party | Islamic Dawa Party |
Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
Profession | Politician |
Mohammed Shia' Sabbar al-Sudani (Arabic: محمد شياع السوداني) is an Iraqi politician was the Human Rights Minister of Iraq in the Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 2010 until October 2014. He was the Governor of Maysan Province between 2009 and 2010.
Sudani was born in Baghdad in 1970. He is married and has four sons. Sudani holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Baghdad in Agricultural Science and a master's degree in Project Management. At the age of 10, he witnessed his father and five other family members executed for membership of the Islamic Dawa Party. Sudani also participated in the 1991 uprisings that began after the end of the Gulf War. In 1997 he was appointed to Maysan Agriculture Office in which he was the Head of Kumait City Agriculture department, Head of Ali Al-Sharqi City Agriculture department, Head of Agricultural Production department and the supervisor Engineer in The National Research Program with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
After the invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies in 2003, Sudani worked as a coordinator between Maysan Province administration and the CPA. In 2004 Sudani was appointed as the Mayor of Amarah City, in 2005 he was elected as a member of Maysan Province Council. He was reelected in 2009 and appointed governor by the council.