11 Notable alumni of
University of Mosul

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The University of Mosul is 2225th in the world, 539th in Asia, and 3rd in Iraq by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from the University of Mosul sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

    Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1976-2022 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    politicianmilitary leader
    Biography

    Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi was an Iraqi militant and the second caliph of the Islamic State. His appointment by a shura council was announced by the Islamic State media on 31 October 2019, less than a week after the death of previous leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

  2. Ibrahim al-Jaafari

    Ibrahim al-Jaafari
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Eshaiker, also known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2018.

  3. Usama al-Nujayfi

    Usama al-Nujayfi
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi or Najifi is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three vice presidents of the country, from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. As the speaker of the Council of Representatives, the informal leader of the moderate Sunni al-Hadba party was the highest ranking Sunni politician of Iraq.

  4. Atheel al-Nujayfi

    Atheel al-Nujayfi
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    military personnelpoliticianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Atheel al-Nujaifi is an Iraqi politician who was the Governor of Nineveh Governorate from April 2009 until May 2015.

  5. Rowsch Shaways

    Rowsch Shaways
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1947-2021 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Roj Nouri Shaweis 15 – 1947 February 2021) was a Kurdish politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the KDP-controlled part of Kurdistan. After the invasion of Iraq that overthrew the Saddam Hussein regime, he served as one of Iraq's two vice presidents in the interim government established in 2004. Subsequently, he was a Deputy Prime Minister in the government headed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari and later held the same post under Nouri al-Maliki. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister under Haider Al-Abadi from 8 September 2014 to 9 August 2015. Previously, he served as speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly in the Kurdish autonomous region and was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

  6. Najmiddin Karim

    Najmiddin Karim
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1949-2020 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    physicianpolitician
    Biography

    Najmiddin Karim, also known as Najmaldin Karim, was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who was governor of Kirkuk Governorate from 2011 to 2017. Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Karim had served in numerous Kurdish and Iraqi opposition groups.

  7. Hajim al-Hassani

    Hajim al-Hassani
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Hajim Mahdi Saleh al-Hassani to a prominent family is an Iraqi politician and was the speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government. A moderate Sunni Arab and relative outsider, having spent much of his life in the United States, al-Hassani was tapped as a compromise candidate for the speaker's post after weeks of deadlock between Iraqi political parties. al-Hassani had previously been a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party in exile and was Industry Minister under the interim government of Iyad Allawi.

  8. Falah Mustafa Bakir

    Falah Mustafa Bakir
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in the University of Mosul
    Studied in 1986
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Falah Mustafa Bakir is a Kurdish politician from Kurdistan Region, Iraq serving as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to President Nechirvan Barzani with a ministerial rank.

  9. Karim Findi

    Karim Findi
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Karim Findi is an author and Kurdish writer. In 1974 he graduated at University of Mosul – College of Arts English Dept.

  10. Layla Salih

    Layla Salih
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    archaeologist
    Biography

    Layla Salih is an Iraqi archaeologist. As Head of the Nineveh Antiquities section in the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, she has been responsible for the monitoring, rescue, and documentation of Ancient Near Eastern art and architecture following its destruction by ISIS. She is known for her discovery of one of Esarhaddon's palaces in Nineveh.

  11. Souad Naji Al-Azzawi

    Souad Naji Al-Azzawi
    Born in
    Iraq Flag Iraq
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    academicpostdoctoral researcheruniversity teacherscientist
    Biography

    Souad Naji Al-Azzawi is an Iraqi environmentalist and academic researcher in various engineering disciplines, in addition to having established and assisted in the establishment of multiple research & academic institutions in Iraq. With more than 50 published scientific papers on topics ranging from water desalination, nuclear waste management, and Depleted Uranium contamination among others, she is a distinguished member of the Iraqi scientific community and the first Arab to receive the Nuclear-Free Future Award.