Ahmed Obeidi

Ahmed Riad Obeidi is an Iraqi independent politician and a former Youth & Sport Minister in the Government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi.[1][2] He was proposed by the al-Hal movement and approved by the Council of Representatives on 24 October 2018.[1][3]

Just two weeks after his approval, the Accountability and Justice Commission, which vets officials, wrote to parliament to notify them that they had concerns about Obedi.[4] There were claims that he was a senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "ISHM: October 19 - 25, 2018 - Iraq". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. ^ "House of Representatives gives confidence to Abdul Mahdi and 14 ministers". Al Forat News via dinardetectives.com. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. ^ "New Youth Minister Obeidi was ISIS leader: Zobaie". Baghdad Post. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  4. ^ "Two Iraq ministers risk sack over Saddam-era posts". Arab News. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  5. ^ Kurdistan24. "Iraqi parl. to dismiss two new ministers, amid alleged ties to former regime, al-Qaeda". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2018-11-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)