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'{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Ayad Allawi<br><small>إياد علاوي</small> |image = Ayad Allawi.jpg |office = [[Vice President of Iraq]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170216-iraq-vp-accuses-iran-of-violating-iraqi-sovereignty-in-the-arabian-gulf/|title=Iraq VP accuses Iran of violating Iraqi sovereignty in the Persian Gulf|publisher=Middle East Monitor|date=16 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/ishm-february-3-9-2017|title=ISHM: February 3 - 9, 2017|publisher=Reliefweb.int|date=9 February 2017}}</ref> |president = [[Fuad Masum]]<br>[[Barham Salih]] |alongside = [[Osama al-Nujaifi]] and [[Nouri al-Maliki]] |term_start = 10 October 2016<ref name=restored>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/11/c_135744075.htm|title=Iraqi court nullifies Abadi's earlier decision to sack 3 vice president posts|publisher=Xinhua|date=11 October 2016}}</ref> |term_end = |predecessor = Himself |president1 = [[Fuad Masum]] |alongside1 = [[Osama al-Nujaifi]] and [[Nouri al-Maliki]] |term_start1 = 8 September 2014 |term_end1 = 11 August 2015 |predecessor1 = [[Khodair al-Khozaei]] |successor1 = Himself |office2 = [[List of Prime Ministers of Iraq|38th]] [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] |term_start2 = 1 June 2004 |term_end2 = 3 May 2005 |predecessor2 = [[Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer]] <small>([[Iraqi Governing Council|President of the Governing Council]])</small> |successor2 = [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]] |office3 = [[Prime Minister of Iraq|President]] of the [[Iraqi Governing Council|Governing Council of Iraq]] |term_start3 = 1 October 2003 |term_end3 = 31 October 2003 |predecessor3 = [[Ahmed Chalabi]] |successor3 = [[Jalal Talabani]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|05|31}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1005641/Ayad-Allawi|title=Ayad 'Allawi - prime minister of Iraq|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref> |birth_place = [[Adhamiyah]], [[Baghdad|Bagdad]], [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Iraqi National Accord]] <small>(1991–present)</small> |otherparty = [[Al-Wataniya]] <small>(December 2012–present)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-watnia.com/#!cand/c1697|title=ائتلاف الوطنية - الدكتور اياد علاوي|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref><br>[[Iraqi National Movement]] <small>(2009–2012)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.it/2011/03/iyad-allawis-iraqi-national-movement.html|title=Iyad Allawi’s Iraqi National Movement Splits|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref> |profession = [[Neurologist]] |alma_mater = [[University of London]] |religion = [[Shia Islam]] |website = {{url|http://www.ayad-allawi.com|Ayad Allawi Website}}<br>{{url|http://www.al-watnia.com|Al-Watania Website}} }} '''Ayad Allawi''' ({{lang-ar|'''إياد علاوي'''}}. {{transl|ar|'''Iyād ʿAllāwī'''}}; born May 31, 1944) is an [[Iraq]]i politician. He served as [[Vice President of Iraq]] from 2014 to 2015, [[Ad interim|interim]] [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] from 2004 to 2005 and was the [[Iraqi Governing Council|President of the Governing Council of Iraq]] ([[List of Prime Ministers of Iraq|38th]] [[Prime Minister of Iraq]]) in 2003. He became Vice President again, in October 2016. A prominent Iraqi [[political activist]] who lived in exile for almost 30 years, Allawi, a [[Shia]] Muslim, became a member of the [[Iraq Interim Governing Council]], which was established by U.S.-led coalition authorities following the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. He became Iraq's first [[head of government]] since [[Saddam Hussein]] when the council dissolved on June 1, 2004 and named him Prime Minister of the [[Iraqi Interim Government]]. His term as Prime Minister ended on April 7, 2005, after the selection of [[Islamic Dawa Party]] leader [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]] by the newly elected transitional [[Iraqi National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite news | last= Cave | first= Damien | url= http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/19/news/maliki.php | title= Maliki hangs on in the absence of a strong alternative in Iraq | publisher= [[International Herald Tribune|IHT]] | date= 2007-08-19 | accessdate= }}</ref> A former [[Ba'ath Party|Ba'athist]], Allawi helped found the [[Iraqi National Accord]], which today is an active political party. In the lead up to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], the INA provided intelligence about alleged weapons of mass destruction to [[MI6]]. Allawi has lived about half of his life in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. His wife and children still live in the UK for their security. He survived assassination attempts in 1978, in 2004, and on April 20, 2005. Allawi's first name is sometimes rendered as '''Iyad ''' or '''Eyad'''. == Allawi's early life == Allawi was born in 1944 to a prominent Shia merchant family; his grandfather helped to negotiate Iraq's independence from Britain, and his father was an Iraqi [[Member of Parliament]]. He became involved in [[Ba'athism]] at a young age and organized against the government of [[Abdul Karim Qassim]]. In the 1960s, he studied at medical school in [[Baghdad]] at Baghdad University. Previously, he had attended high school and college at [[Baghdad College]], a Catholic, Jesuit high school and college. He obtained his master's degree at University College in London and performed a residency at Guy's Hospital. Allawi has three children, one of them, Hamza, studies in a school in Surrey. Allawi's cousin's son is called Hayder Allawi, who works in the Government. His best friend is called Naji Aziz. Allawi is related to [[Ahmed Chalabi]], another prominent former exile who died in 2015, through Chalabi's sister. Former minister of trade Ali Allawi is Chalabi's sister's son as well as Ayad Allawi's cousin. The relationship between Chalabi and Allawi had been described as alternating between rivals and allies. In addition, Nouri Badran, interim Minister of Interior, is married to Iyad Allawi's sister. == Early political career == {{BLP unsourced section|date=May 2017}} In 1971, he moved to London due to increasing differences with the Ba'ath party and in order to continue his medical education. He resigned from the Ba'ath party in 1975, "having decided that Saddam was exerting too much control over it".<ref>{{cite news|last= Anderson|first=Jon|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/01/24/050124fa_fact1|title=A Man of the Shadows: Can Iyad Allawi hold Iraq together?|publisher=[[The New Yorker]]|date=2005-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hersh|first=Seymour |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/06/28/040628fa_fact|title= Plan B: As June 30th approaches, Israel looks to the Kurds|publisher=[[The New Yorker]]|date=2004-06-28}}</ref> Allawi himself states that he remained active in the international Ba'athist movement, but had no ties to the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Ba'ath Party's Iraqi Regional Branch]]. At first Saddam, then Iraq's vice president, pressured Allawi, who was in contact with senior military and party officers that were increasingly critical of Saddam, to rejoin the Ba'ath Party. In 1978, friends told Allawi that his name was on a liquidation list. In February 1978 Allawi was awoken in bed one night by an intruder in his [[Surrey]] home, who proceeded to attack him with an axe. The intruder left, convinced that Allawi was dead as he lay in a pool of blood. He survived the attempted murder, and spent the next year in hospital recovering from his injuries. His first wife, Atour, was also wounded in the attack. It is presumed that the attack was an assassination attempt ordered by Saddam Hussein.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23-2004Jan30.html|title=A Big Man To Watch In Baghdad |publisher=washingtonpost.com|date= 2004-02-01|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> He separated with his wife after mutual agreement. == The Iraqi National Accord == While still recovering in hospital from the attack, Allawi started organising an opposition network to work against the government of Saddam Hussein. Through the 1980s he built this network, recruiting Iraqis while traveling as a businessman and for the [[UNDP]]. In December 1990, Allawi announced the existence of the [[Iraqi National Accord]] (INA). Six years later, using disillusioned Ba'athists in the military and government, it mounted an unsuccessful coup in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghosh |first=Bobby |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994565,00.html |title=The Prime Minister: How Tough Will He Get? |publisher=TIME |date=2004-07-05 |accessdate=2010-07-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726101723/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C994565%2C00.html |archivedate=26 July 2010 |deadurl=no }}</ref> One of Allawi's allies in the INA was [[Salah Omar Al-Ali]], a former member of the [[Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council]] and ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. The INA received open backing from the [[UK]], [[Egypt]], [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Turkey]] and the [[United States]]. The group consisted mainly of former military personnel who had defected from [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Iraq to instigate a military coup. Allawi established links and worked with the [[CIA]] in 1992 as a counterpoint to Chalabi, and because of the INA's links in the Ba'athist establishment. It is alleged Allawi's INA organised attacks in Iraq. This campaign never posed a threat to Saddam Hussein's rule, but was designed to test INA's capability to effect regime change. Though Saddam's government claimed the attacks have caused up to 100 civilian deaths there are no true records of these statistics to date.<ref>[[Andrew Gilligan]] [http://images.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/12799/the-strongman-of-baghdad.thtml "The Strongman of Baghdad"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in ''The Spectator'' 13 November 2004</ref> A military coup was planned for 1996, in which Iraqi generals were to lead their units against Baghdad and remove Saddam Hussein. The CIA supported the plot, code-named DBACHILLES, and added Iraqi officers that were not part of INA. The plan ended in disaster as it had been infiltrated by agents loyal to Saddam. US support was also questionable - requests by the CIA station chief in [[Amman]] for American air support were refused by the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration. Many participants were executed. Lands and factories belonging to the Allawi family were confiscated. Even their graveyard in [[Najaf]] was seized, although it was later returned. According to Allawi, his family lost $250M worth of assets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23-2004Jan30_2.html |title=A Big Man To Watch In Baghdad |publisher=washingtonpost.com |date= 2004-02-01|accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> US support for INA continued, receiving $6 million in covert aid in 1996 and $5 million in 1995 (according to books by [[David Wurmser]] as well as [[Andrew Cockburn|Andrew]] and [[Patrick Cockburn]]).<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=agdsULUSsCdo&refer=europe |title=Bloomberg.com: Europe |publisher= |accessdate=19 April 2017 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050919222145/http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=agdsULUSsCdo&refer=europe |archivedate=19 September 2005 }}</ref> The INA channelled the report from an Iraqi officer claiming that Iraq could deploy its supposed [[weapons of mass destruction]] within "45 minutes" to [[British Intelligence]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,13747,1131993,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Iraqi who gave MI6 45-minute claim says it was untrue | first=David | last=Leigh | date=January 28, 2004 | accessdate=April 7, 2010}}</ref> This claim featured prominently in the ''[[September Dossier]]'' which the British government released in 2002 to gain public support for the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq invasion]]. In the aftermath of the war, the "45&nbsp;minute claim" was also at the heart of the confrontation between the British government and the [[BBC]], and the death of [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]] later examined by [[Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton|Lord Hutton]]. Giving evidence to the [[Hutton Inquiry]], the head of MI6 [[Richard Dearlove]] suggested that the claim related to battlefield weapons rather than weapons of mass destruction.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/16/1063625031302.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Spy chief regrets '45 minute' Iraq weapons claim | date=2003-09-17}}</ref> == Post-Saddam == Shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] (the "CPA") was established by the occupying forces in order to administer the country until sovereignty could be restored. The CPA decided to establish a grouping of senior Iraqi politicians to carry out some administrative responsibilities, with a view to giving the occupation a more "Iraqi face". This grouping was referred to as the Governing Council, and was made up of 25 Iraqis that were appointed by the CPA. Allawi was one of those selected to serve on the Governing Council, and held the position of Minister of Defence (although his real responsibilities in that regard were limited considering Iraq remained under occupation). He held the rotating [[President of Iraq|presidency]] of the interim governing council during October 2003. In April 2004, Allawi reportedly resigned as head of the IGC security committee over concerns of US bombing in [[Fallujah]], according to a letter published in INA's newspaper.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> In December 2003, he flew to CIA headquarters in [[Langley, Virginia|Langley]] together with fellow INA official [[Nouri Badran]] to discuss detailed plans for setting up a domestic secret service. The agency was to be headed by Badran, a former Ba'athist who served Saddam as an ambassador until 1990, and, controversially, recruited several agents for Saddam's Mukhabarat.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A54518-2003Dec10&notFound=true | work=The Washington Post | first1=Dana | last1=Priest | first2=Robin | last2=Wright | date=December 11, 2003 | accessdate=April 7, 2010 | title=Iraq Spy Service Planned by U.S. To Stem Attacks}}</ref> When the [[Iraqi National Intelligence Service]] was set up in March 2004, its designated director was Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed al-Shehwani, another former Ba'athist exile with ties to INA. == Interim Prime Minister == On May 28, 2004, he was elected unanimously by the Governing Council to be the Interim [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] to govern the country beginning with the United States' handover of sovereignty (June 30, 2004) until national elections, scheduled for early 2005. Although many believe the decision was reached largely on the advice of [[United Nations]] special envoy to Iraq, [[Lakhdar Brahimi]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Brahimi only endorsed him reluctantly after pressure from U.S. officials. (In response to a question about the role of the U.S. in Allawi's appointment, Brahimi replied: “I sometimes say, I'm sure he doesn't mind me saying that, [[Paul Bremer|Bremer]] is the dictator of Iraq. He has the money. He has the signature. Nothing happens without his agreement in this country.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/29864|title=IRAQ: US still calls the shots|date=6 September 2016|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref>) Two weeks later, Brahimi announced his resignation, due to "great difficulties and frustration".<ref>{{cite web|last=Shamir |first=Shlomo |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/438248.html |title=Brahimi quits post as UN envoy in Iraq |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> [[File:20040921-9 w9w4078-1-324v.jpg|thumb|right|Allawi meets with U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] in New York, 21 September 2004]] At the time of his nomination, Allawi was often described in the US mainstream media as a moderate Shia, a member of Iraq's majority faith, chosen for his secular, national views. On June 28, 2004 (two days early), the U.S.-led coalition handed over power to Allawi and the [[Iraqi Interim Government]], who were sworn in later that same day. After his interim government assumed legal custody of Saddam Hussein and re-introduced [[capital punishment]], Allawi gave assurances that he would not interfere with the trial and would accept any court decisions. In an interview with [[Dubai]]-based TV station [[al-Arabiya]] he said: "As for the execution, that is for the court to decide — so long as a decision is reached impartially and fairly."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040706_164.html |title=U.S. Airstrike on Fallujah House Kills 10 |date=2004-07-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820005539/http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040706_164.html |archivedate=2004-08-20}}</ref> Allawi's government also wrote a new emergency regulation, which allows the executive branch to declare martial law, impose curfews and detain suspects. [[Paul Bremer]]'s aides said Allawi lacked the power to impose martial law, and Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]] warned that the U.S. would not support such a move. "The last thing we want," says a senior U.S. official, "is for the world to think we're foisting a new strongman on Iraq."<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghosh |first=Bobby |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994565,00.html#ixzz0oN73vVGx |title=The Prime Minister: How Tough Will He Get? |publisher=TIME |date=2004-07-05 |accessdate=2010-07-26|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501134927/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C994565%2C00.html%23ixzz0oN73vVGx |archivedate = May 1, 2008|deadurl=yes}}</ref> Though, in addition to the stick of martial law, the government planned to offer a carrot of a broad amnesty for insurgents who have taken up arms against the U.S.-led occupation forces. Allawi himself has made clear that his government will reach out to Iraqi insurgents who have fought the Coalition for "patriotic motives" while seeking to isolate and destroy foreign elements such as the network led by the Jordanian jihadist Musab al-Zarqawi. Allawi knew that both the Sunni insurgency and the one waged by supporters of Shiite firebrand Moqtada Sadr have significant popular support, while his own government has yet to win the loyalty of Iraqis.<ref>{{cite news |last=Karon |first=Tony |url=http://www.time.com/time/columnist/karon/article/0,9565,661521,00.html#ixzz0oN5d5l5s |title=Meet Iraq's New Strongman |publisher=TIME |date=2004-07-07 |accessdate=2012-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221134753/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/karon/article/0,9565,661521,00.html#ixzz0oN5d5l5s |archive-date=2011-02-21 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> On July 18, Iraqi militants offered a $285,000 reward for anyone who could kill Iyad Allawi.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3904151.stm | work=BBC News | title=Fourteen killed in Falluja strike | date=July 18, 2004 | accessdate=April 7, 2010}}</ref> During the summer of 2004, Allawi made several decisions seen as controversial at the time, but later worked in his interest as they demonstrated to Iraqis that Allawi did not favour one sect over another, and that he was a strong leader not afraid to use force to bring back the rule of law. Most notably, his decision to support the military incursions of both [[Najaf]] and [[Falluja]] made him extremely unpopular amongst some Iraqis at the time. He also announced the creation of [[General Security Directorate (Iraq)|General Security Directorate]], a domestic spy agency, whose main role is to counteract terrorist groups and the [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Iraqi insurgency]]. Allawi led the Iraqi National Accord during the [[Iraqi legislative election, January 2005|January 2005 Iraqi election]]. His campaign was mainly characterised by his attempt to combat the character assassination that was led by Iranian-sponsored groups. His campaign suffered when he visited the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf on December 4, 2004, where an unknown group attacked him. Allawi claimed that it was an assassination attempt.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/ | work=CNN |title=Ex-Iraqi Leader Claims Assassination Attempt |date=2005-12-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403114449/http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/ |archivedate=2008-04-03 }}</ref> The INA came in at third place in the first elections, with 14% of the vote, which on a party versus coalition makes him head one of the largest represented parties. In the 2010 elections, Allawi's list won the most votes and beat incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by 2 seats. ===Assassination attempt=== On 3 December 2004 [[Rafik Yousef]] and two other men, all members of [[Ansar al-Islam]] were arrested, and later convicted, of planning to assassinate Allawi.<ref name="AllawiAssasination">{{cite news|title=Ansar al-Islam in Germany: Iraqis Convicted of Allawi {{sic|nolink=y|Assasination}} Plot|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ansar-al-islam-in-germany-iraqis-convicted-of-allawi-assasination-plot-a-565930.html|accessdate=8 February 2016|publisher=Der Spiegel|date=15 July 2008}}</ref> In one tape in August, a speaker identified as [[Abu Anas al-Shami]] (Second man of Zarqawi and leader of [[Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad]] made up mostly by foreigners) said the militants planned to kill Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, soldiers and police officers. == Post-Prime Ministership == In preparation for the next parliamentary elections that took place in Iraq in [[Iraqi legislative election, December 2005|December 2005]], Allawi formed an alliance between many groups, including secular Sunni and Shia groups and the [[Iraqi Communist Party]] under one electoral list (the [[Iraqi National List]]). The Iraqi National List was represented in the [[Government of Iraq from 2006|coalition government led by Nouri al-Maliki]], but Allawi himself did not take a Cabinet post. The party eventually boycotted the government in 2007.<ref>[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/18757.html McClatchy Washington Bureau | 08/06/2007 | Iraqi government unraveling as more ministers boycott] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001758/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/18757.html |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> In preparation for upcoming national elections, Allawi formed a new coalition with leading Shia politician Iskander Witwit (one of the leaders of the 1991 uprising against Saddam), Shia tribal Sheikh Hussein al-Shalan, the deputy Prime Minister [[Rafi al-Issawi]], Sunni politician [[Saleh Mutlaq]] and Sunni Vice President [[Tariq al-Hashemi]] called the Iraqi National Movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insideiraq/2009/11/2009116132756765619.html |title=INSIDE IRAQ - Iraqi national movement |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=2009-11-06 |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> The [[Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010|2010 parliamentary election]] ended with a weeks-long wait for an announcement of results by the Iraqi [[Independent High Electoral Commission|election commission]]. When the results finally came on March 26, 2010, Allawi's [[Iraqi National Movement|Iraqiya]] bloc was declared the biggest winner of the parliamentary election with two seats more than Allawi's rival al-Maliki's party in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8590017.stm|title=BBC News - Iraq election: Iyad Allawi's bloc wins most seats|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref> He was appointed one of the three [[Vice President of Iraq|Vice Presidents of Iraq]] by new Prime Minister [[Haider al-Abadi]] on 8 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29119258|title=Iraq crisis: Parliament swears in unity government|date=8 September 2014|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> On 11 August 2015, the Parliament approved a reform package by Prime Minister al-Abadi that foresaw, among other measures, the elimination of the three vice president posts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33861080|title=Iraq reforms: Parliament backs PM Haider al-Abadi's plan|date=11 August 2015|work=BBC}}</ref> However, following a lawsuit filed by fellow Vice President [[Usama al-Nujayfi]], al-Maliki declared in September 2015 that he was still holding his office because removing the post was not in line with the Iraqi Constitution.<ref name="aawsat1">{{cite news|url=http://english.aawsat.com/2015/09/article55344978/iraq-maliki-nujaifi-say-pms-decision-to-cancel-vice-president-posts-unconstitutional|title=Iraq: Maliki, Nujaifi say PM’s decision to cancel vice president posts "unconstitutional"|work=Asharq al-Awsat|date=1 September 2015|accessdate=11 December 2015|author=Asharq al-Awsat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125630/http://english.aawsat.com/2015/09/article55344978/iraq-maliki-nujaifi-say-pms-decision-to-cancel-vice-president-posts-unconstitutional|archive-date=2015-12-22|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> [[Osama al-Nujaifi]] filed a complaint against the decision in November 2015, calling it unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-vice-president-files-court-case-keep-post-521531666|title=Iraq vice president files court case to keep his post|publisher=|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref> On 10 October 2016, the three posts of Vice Presidents were restored by the [[Supreme Court of Iraq]] which termed their abolition unconstitutional.<ref name=restored/> Allawi stated on 17 April 2017 that he had received information from Iraqi and regional contacts knowledgeable about Iraq that the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] group was in talks with [[al-Qaeda]] about a possible alliance. He added that even if the group lost all of its territory, its insurgency in form of sleeper cells will continue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN17J1DT|title=Islamic State seeking alliance with al Qaeda, Iraqi vice president says|author=Babak Dehghanpisheh|publisher=Reuters|date=17 April 2017}}</ref> == Personal life == Allawi allegedly has faced several [[assassination]] attempts in England and throughout the Middle-East, purportedly by agents of Saddam's regime.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3757923.stm Profile: Iyad Allawi</ref> According to [[Mossack Fonseca]] documents that came to light in the [[Panama Papers]] release by the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] in 2016, Allawi had Mossack Fonseca supply a [[nominee director]] to stand in for him and shield his ownership of the Panama-registered company IMF Holdings. This company was dissolved in 2013; it had owned a $1.5 million house near London. A second offshore, Moonlight Estates, registered in the [[British Virgin Islands]], also held a property in London on his behalf. His media contact confirmed his sole ownership of the two companies and of Foxwood Estates as well, saying IMF was set up to own [[real estate]] for security reasons based on legal advice following an assassination attempt, and added that any [[income]] from the properties was reported, and taxes paid "promptly and on time."<ref name=ForbesAllawi>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2016/04/04/panama-papers-the-middle-east-players/#5d4a6f2cd2e7 |title=Panama Papers: The Middle East Players |date=April 4, 2016 |author=Dominic Dudley |work=Forbes |accessdate=May 14, 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512225828/http://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2016/04/04/panama-papers-the-middle-east-players/#5d4a6f2cd2e7 |archivedate=May 12, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == {{Commons category|Iyad Allawi}} * {{YouTube|V5Yd0K2xfnc|Video on life of Ayad Allawi}} * [http://www.ayadallawi.com Resources on Ayad Allawi] * [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/opinion/02allawi.html Op-Ed by Allawi published in NY Times November 2007] * [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,504900,00.html Interview of Allawi with German Der Spiegel - in English] * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081701579.html?referrer=emailarticlepg Opinion Editorial in Washington Post by Dr Allawi 18/08/2007] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070309003122/http://www.iyadallawi.net/ Personal website of Dr. Ayad Allawi - A vision for all] * [http://www.ahlulbayt.tv - Ahlulbayt Television Network] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051127012200/http://www.aliraqiah.com/ Website of the National Iraqi List for Dec 15 2005 elections] * [http://www.wifaq.com Website of the Iraqi National Accord] * [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/23/allawi.transcript/ Text of Allawi's Speech to U.S. Congress, 23 September 2004] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406094112/http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2004012400040000&Take=1 Dow Jones Newswire, 24 January 2004] * [https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,1227176,00.html Profile in The Guardian] * [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/25/le.01.html Transcript of interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, November 25 2007] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050113133327/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6C99B500-2F8E-4558-9746-C315C59F1978.htm Profile on al-Jazeera] * [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-1126480,00.html Profile in ''The Times''] * [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?050124fa_fact1 Profile in the ''New Yorker''] * [http://middleeastreference.org.uk/iraqministers.html#alawi Short biography on middleeastreference.org.uk] * [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ayad_Allawi Profile] at [[SourceWatch]] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051222060430/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/12F048D0-893A-4DC4-AF97-4A779F160FFF.htm Iraqi cleric slams war coverage under Allawi] (Monday 23 August 2004, Aljazeera) * [http://www.antiwar.com/spectator2/spec509.html The strongman of Baghdad] (13. November 2004, ''[[The Spectator]]'') * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090707075655/http://clients.mediaondemand.net/thedohadebates/index.aspx?sessionid=26&bandwidth=hi Ayad Allawi on BBC Doha Debates], November 3, 2007, Doha, Qatar. {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Ahmed Chalabi]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Iraqi Governing Council|President of the Governing Council of Iraq]]|years=2003}} {{s-aft|after=[[Jalal Talabani]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer]]|as=[[Iraqi Governing Council|President of the Governing Council of Iraq]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Prime Minister of Iraq]]|years=2004–2005}} {{s-aft|after=[[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Khodair al-Khozaei]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Vice President of Iraq]]|years=2014–2015<br>2016–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{IraqiPMs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Allawi, Iyad}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of London]] [[Category:British people of Iraqi descent]] [[Category:Iraqi activists]] [[Category:Iraqi dissidents]] [[Category:Iraqi expatriates in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Iraqi National Accord politicians]] [[Category:Iraqi people of Lebanese descent]] [[Category:Iraqi politicians]] [[Category:Iraqi psychiatrists]] [[Category:Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq]] [[Category:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians]] [[Category:Osseiran family]] [[Category:People from Baghdad]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Iraq]] [[Category:Vice Presidents of Iraq]] [[Category:People named in the Panama Papers]] [[Category:Failed assassination attempt survivors]]'