Dr. Salih Mahdi Muttalib al-Hasnawi (Arabic: صالح مهدي مطلب الحسناوي) is an Iraqi psychiatrist, professor, public health expert, and politician. Al-Hasnawi is the current Minister of Health since 28 October 2022. He is an independent politician.[1]
He was Minister of Health in the cabinet of Nuri al-Maliki during 2007-2010.[2]
He worked professionally as a mental health doctor and was a consultant psychiatrist and Director of Health for Karbala before being appointed to the post of Health Minister.[3]
Commenting on this survey, al-Hasnawi said "I believe in these numbers," and described the survey as "a very sound survey with accurate methodology" and said that it indicated "a massive death toll since the beginning of the conflict."[10][11]
In 2017 he was a candidate for the post of Director-General of UNESCO.[12]
Al Hasnawi is the first Iraqi and Arab physician to win the Presidential Medal of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh,
for his vital role in the improvement of mental health in Iraq and the Middle East.
He also had the Fellowship of the faculty of public health (UK) 2011 and a temporary adviser WHO - EMRO in mental health and research for health.