Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi
Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi is an Iraqi politician and was the Governor of Al Anbar province from August 2013 to December 2014.
The Anbar governorate election was held in June 2013, amidst on-going demonstrations in Sunni Arab majority areas. The elections in Anbar were topped by the pro-protest 'Uniters List', which allied the al-Hadba party of Usama al-Nujayfi, the speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq with the Iraqi Islamic Party, which had controlled al-Anbar governorate from 2005 to 2009. The previous governor, Qasim Al-Fahdawi, was a businessman who had been nominated by the Awakening parties that had won the 2009 elections.
He served 2007-09 as Director of Internal Security for Al-Anbar Governorate, and before that as an instructor at the Iraqi Military Academy. He is married and has six children.
Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi, a protest organizer from the Iraqi Islamic Party, was eventually chosen as the new Governor. He was sworn in on Tuesday 20 August 2013.
After being sworn in, al-Dulaimi met with protest leaders, and vowed to defend them should they be targeted by any party.
Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi was wounded in the head and chest on September 7, 2014 during an operation against anti-government forces in the town of Barwana, al-Anbar Province. He was flown to Amman, Jordan for treatment, and then to Berlin, Germany. One member of al-Dulaimi's security team and seven soldiers were killed in the attack. In December 2014 the Anbar Provincial Council moved to have the governor retired, and he was replaced by Suhaib al-Rawi.
