Jawad al-Bulani(also spelled Al-Bolani; born in 1960) served as the Interior Minister of Iraq

Ministry of Interior (Iraq)

The Ministry of Interior of Iraq handles policing and border control in Iraq. The MoI consists of several elements, including the Iraqi Police, Highway Patrol, Traffic Department, Emergency Response Unit, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, and Department of Border Enforcement...

 within the Council of Ministers

Council of Ministers of Iraq

The Cabinet of Iraq is the executive branch of the government of Iraq.The National Assembly of Iraq elects a President of State who along with two deputies form the Presidency Council. The Presidency Council appoints the Prime Minister who appoints the Council of Ministers, all of whom must be...

 under Iraq

Iraq

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i Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

Nouri al-Maliki

Nouri Kamil Mohammed Hasan al-Maliki , also known as Jawad al-Maliki or Abu Esraa, is the Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Al-Maliki and his government succeeded the Iraqi Transitional Government. He is currently in his second term as Prime Minister...

 from 8 June 2006 to 21 December 2010. Bulani is a Shi'a independent member of the United Iraqi Alliance

United Iraqi Alliance

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Bulani's family is originally from the Diwaniyah region. He grew up in Al-Amarah

Amarah

Amarah , is a city in southeastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km from the border with Iran. It lies at the northern tip of the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates....

 and graduated with a degree in either mechanical engineering or aeronautical engineering. An Air Force engineer under the government of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

, he left the military in 1999.

Bulani has been a member of several political parties since Coalition forces removed Hussein from power:

• The Sadrist Movement
  Sadrist Movement
  The Sadrist Movement is an Iraqi Islamist national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important person in setting the goals and the philosophy of the movement was Grand Ayatollah...
  
   of Muqtada al-Sadr
  Muqtada al-Sadr
  Sayyid Muqtadā al-Ṣadr is an Iraqi Islamic political leader.Along with Ali al-Sistani and Ammar al-Hakim of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Sadr is one of the most influential religious and political figures in the country not holding any official title in the Iraqi government.-Titles:He is...
  
  
• The Hizbollah (Iraq) party of Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
  Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
  Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq...
  
   - he served as his deputy when Mohammedawi was a member of the Iraqi Governing Council
  Iraqi Governing Council
  The Iraqi Governing Council was the provisional government of Iraq from July 13, 2003 to June 1, 2004. It was established by and served under the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority...
  
  
• The Islamic Virtue Party
  Islamic Virtue Party
  Islamic Virtue Party is an Iraqi political party. It follows ayatollah Muhammad Ya`qubi a student of Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and thus represent a branch of the Sadrist Movement, however the party is not affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr and is in fact a rival to his branch of the Sadrists...
  
  , whose General Secretariat he served on
• Ahmed Chalabi
  Ahmed Chalabi
  Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi is an Iraqi politician. He was interim oil minister in Iraq in April-May 2005 and December-January 2006 and deputy prime minister from May 2005 until May 2006. Chalabi failed to win a seat in parliament in the December 2005 elections, and when the new Iraqi cabinet was...
  
  's National Congress Coalition and the Iraqi Constitutional Party
  Iraqi Constitutional Party
  The Iraqi Constitutional Party is a political party in Iraq that was founded by Jawad Bulani in June 2005. The party is considered to be moderate and non-secterian based. The party did surprisingly well for a non-sect based party in the governorate elections of 2009, leading to one seat in the...
  
  , which Bulani founded, were linked
• Bulani headed the Shiite Political Council that is allied to Chalabi

He was a member of the committee that drafted the Constitution of Iraq

Constitution of Iraq

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Bulani is seen as an independent figure with no militia ties by the U.S. and many in Iraq. However, there have been calls from some within the UIA for him to be sacked due to a lack of improvement in security. Bulani has defended himself by announcing a major security operation to be rolled out in September. He has also vowed to clean up corruption in Interior Ministry forces.

In the 2010 Iraqi Elections he was the leader of the Unity Alliance of Iraq

Unity Alliance of Iraq

The Unity Alliance of Iraq commonly known as Iraq's Unity, Iraqi Unity or Wassat is an Iraqi political coalition formed to contest the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010...

 and was their nr. 1 candidate in Baghdad, the list however performed disappointingly winning a mere 4 seats. Jawad al-Bulani himself did not manage to win a seat, getting only 3,972 votes in Baghdad. He was not reappointed to the position of Interior Minister when the new Council of Ministers was formed in December 2010; the position of Interior Minister was left vacant, with the result that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held the position of acting Interior Minister.

External links

• Key Iraq ministers get approval, BBC News
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  , 8 June 2006
• http://talismangate.blogspot.com/2005/11/dirtier-by-minute.html
• Juan Cole on confirmation
• USG Open Source Center Profile