Osama Tawfiq al-Tikriti


Osama Maukhlif Tawfiq al-Tikriti is a former leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni Arab religious party which was the largest Sunni Arab led party in the Iraqi legislative election of December 2005. He succeeded Tariq al-Hashimi, Vice President of Iraq, as leader of the IIP when al-Hashimi left the party to form the Renewal List. Tikriti took over as Secretary General of the IIP on 24 May 2009. Ayad al-Samarrai was elected as his Deputy.
He was a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq from Baghdad Governorate. He is a member of the CoR's Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Tikriti's son, Anas, is the former head of the Muslim Association of Britain.