Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie explained

Honorific-Prefix:Governor
Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie
Office:Governor of Najaf
Term Start:30 January 2005
Term End:31 January 2009
Predecessor:Adnan al-Zurufi
Successor:Adnan al-Zurufi
Deputy:Abd al-Husayn Abtan
Birth Place:Al-Najaf, Iraq
Nationality:Iraqi
Party:Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
Children:7
Alma Mater:Baghdad University

Asaad Abu Gilel al-Taie (born March 3, 1952) is the former SCIRI governor of Najaf province, in Iraq.[1] He now works as the Head of Africa Department at the Headquarters of Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has Finnish citizenship, because he and his family have lived there as refugees since the 1990s.[2]

Marriage and children

He has seven children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Department of Defense.
  2. Helsingin sanomat, Kuukausiliite (February 2007) p. 54-60