Rida Jawad Taqi is an Iraq

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i politician and a member

Members of the 1st Iraqi Council of Representatives

The members of the first Iraqi Council of Representatives were elected in December 2005 under the newly-adopted constitution.The main functions of the Council were to:...

 of the Council of Representatives of Iraq for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council.

He was elected

Iraqi legislative election, December 2005

Following the ratification of the Constitution of Iraq on 15 October 2005, a general election was held on 15 December to elect a permanent 275-member Iraqi Council of Representatives....

 to the Council in December 2005 as part of the United Iraqi Alliance

United Iraqi Alliance

The National Iraqi Alliance , also known as the Watani List, is an Iraqi electoral coalition that contested the Iraqi legislative election, 2010. The Alliance is mainly composed of Shi'a Islamist parties...

 coalition.

Taqi is originally from Karbala

Karbala

Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people ....

 and trained as a Chemical Engineer

Chemical engineer

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. He spent some of his exile in London

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In December 2002 he was elected to the Follow-Up and Arrangement Committee

Follow-Up and Arrangement Committee

The Follow Up and Arrangement Committee was an alliance of Iraqi opposition groups formed in the run up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.-Members:The members of the committee were:...

 which grouped Iraqi opposition exiles opposed to the government of President Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

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. He was listed as a representative of the Islamic Action Organisation

Islamic Action Organisation

The Islamic Action Organisation or Munazzamat al-'Amal al-Islami is a Shia political party in Iraq.Founded by Muhamad Taki Mudaresi...

, which later joined the United Iraqi Alliance

United Iraqi Alliance

The National Iraqi Alliance , also known as the Watani List, is an Iraqi electoral coalition that contested the Iraqi legislative election, 2010. The Alliance is mainly composed of Shi'a Islamist parties...

 coalition in the Iraqi legislative election of January 2005.

In September 2004 he was active in the negotiations that brought together the various Shi'ite Islamist parties into the United Iraqi Alliance

United Iraqi Alliance

The National Iraqi Alliance , also known as the Watani List, is an Iraqi electoral coalition that contested the Iraqi legislative election, 2010. The Alliance is mainly composed of Shi'a Islamist parties...

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In March 2005 he condemned the government of neighbouring Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 for "destabilizing the security in Iraq ... embraced leading figures of the previous regime ... it has provided terrorists with financial and logistical support" He also called for the security forces to be cleared of officers affiliated with the former regime.

In August 2005 he was reported as the head of political relations of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq is an Iraqi political party. Its political support comes from the country's Shi'a Muslim community. Prior to his assassination in August 2003, SCIRI was led by Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim; afterwards it was led by the ayatollah's brother, Abdul Aziz...

, and was quoted strongly supporting the creation of the Region of Iraq in the south.

In August 2007, it was reported that Jawd Taqi's son, Amir Taqi, had been arrested by Saudi police whilst on pilgrimage to Mecca

Mecca

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and tortured.