Honorific-Prefix: | Governor |
Adnan al-Zurufi عدنان الزرفي | |
Office: | عضو البرلمان العراقي 2009Governor of Najaf |
Term Start: | 31 January 2009 |
Predecessor: | Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie |
Office2: | Governor of Najaf |
Term Start2: | 6 May 2004 |
Term End2: | 30 January 2005 |
Successor2: | Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie |
Birth Place: | Najaf, Iraq |
Nationality: | Iraq, American |
Party: | Loyalty to Najaf |
Alma Mater: | Alfik College |
Adnan al-Zurfi (Arabic: عدنان الزرفي) was chosen as the new prime minister-designate on 17 March 2020 by Iraqi President Barham Salih after Mohammad Allawi withdrew his nomination.[1] Al-Zurfi withdrew from forming a new government on 9 April 2020.[2] He was appointed by Paul Bremer, the Coalition Provisional Authority administrator, as governor of Najaf Governorate in July 2004.[3]
As a result of his willingness to work with the Iraqi government and the coalition he and his family were targeted by insurgents and militias. His uncle was killed in April 2004,[4] and his brother was kidnapped in Kufra on 1 December 2005, just prior to the 2009 governorate elections, in which Zurfi was running.[5]
A member of the Bani Hassan tribe, al-Zurfi earned a degree in Islamic law at Alfik College, the Islamic jurisprudence college, in Najaf.[3]