| Tariq Al-Hashemi طارق الهاشمي |
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| First Vice President of Iraq | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 31, 2011 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
| Second Vice President of Iraq | |
| In office April 22, 2006 – May 31, 2011 |
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| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Preceded by | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer |
| Succeeded by | Khodair al-Khozaei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Renewal List-Iraqi National Movement |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tariq al-Hashimi (Arabic: طارق الهاشمي; born 1942)[1] is an Iraqi politician and was general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) until May 2009. Along with Adil Abdul Mahdi, he was a Vice President of Iraq in the government formed after the December 2005 elections for 5 years, and is now Vice President of Iraq along with Khodair al-Khozaei. As a Sunni, he took the place of fellow Sunni politician Ghazi al-Yawar.
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Tariq al Hashimi was born in 1942 in Baghdad, Iraq, into the Mashhadan tribe. From 1959 until 1962, he studied at a military academy. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Al-Mustansiriya University in 1969, and a master's in 1978. At the age of 33, he left the military and became active in the Iraqi Islamic Party, serving on its planning committee.
Hashimi's party represented the largest Sunni block in parliament after the 2005 election. Hashimi opposes federalism, wants oil revenues distributed based on population, de-Baathification reversed and more Sunnis in the new military and police.[2]
Hashimi stepped down as secretary general of the IIP in May 2009, and Dr. Osama al Tikriti was elected to fill the position. Hashimi stated that he stepped down because he wanted to focus on his responsibilities as vice president, and not for political reasons.
USA Today reported in December 2006 that Hashimi was involved in forming a multi-sectarian alliance to replace the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, with the encouragement of U.S. President George W. Bush, Muqtada al-Sadr.[3]
In December 2006, Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi differentiated between Al-Qaeda and those other fighters, whom America calls "insurgents", and Iraqis, the "resistance". "[The latter] are very much prepared to contribute to and participate in the political process, as long as we offer them a doable, workable, significant project to accommodate them."[4] In the same discussion, he said violence in Iraq was a result of the American military presence there and that calm would follow if America set a timetable for withdrawal.
In 2007, Hashimi announced plans to pull his political bloc out of the government and resign as vice-president on 15 May if promised constitutional changes were not made.[5]
On Dec 19, 2011, it was announced that the Iraq's Judicial Council had issued an arrest warrant for al-Hashimi, accusing him of orchestrating bombing attacks.[6] He has been accused of running a hit squad and killing Shiite government officials.[7] He has sought protection in the Kurdish part of Iraq.[8] His flight out of Baghdad was delayed nearly three hours. The arrest warrant was issued within days of the official departure of American soldiers in Iraq.
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| Preceded by Ghazi al-Yawar |
Vice President of Iraq 2006-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |