Wael Abdul Latif
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Wael Abdul Latif was the Minister of Provincial Affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq.
A Shia Muslim born c. 1950 he trained as a lawyer in Baghdad and served as a judge since the 1980s, including as head judge in Nasiriyah and deputy head judge in Basra. He was imprisoned for a year under Saddam Hussein's regime.
In July 2003, he was appointed governor of Basra and was a member of the Iraqi Governing Council from July 2003 until June 2004. He was a member of the committee that drafted the Constitution of Iraq.
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