Nuri Badran
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Nouri al-Badran (b. 1943) was Minister of Interior in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraqi Governing Council in September 2003. A secular Shiite Muslim, Badran served in the government of Saddam Hussein as ambassador to the Soviet Union until fleeing Iraq upon its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. In exile, he joined the Iraqi National Accord opposition group. Badran resigned his post in April 2004 amid a corruption scandal.
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- BBC News (2003). Iraq's post-war cabinet. Retrieved on 2006-02-24.
Preceded by Coalition Provisional Authority |
Iraqi Minister of Interior September 2003–April 2004 |
Succeeded by Samir Sumaidaie |