Falih Al-Fayyadh

Falih Faisal Fahad Alfayyadh (Arabic: فالح الفياض‎) is an Iraqi politician, former head and advisor of the National Security Council,[1][2][3][4] chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces[5] and founder of the "Ataa Movement".

Falih Alfayyadh
فالح الفياض
In office
15 July 2009 – 30 August 2018
PresidentFuad Masum
Personal details
Born
Falih Faisal Fahad Alfayyadh

(1956-02-01) 1 February 1956
Babil, Iraq
NationalityIraqi
Political party"Ataa Movement"
Alma materUniversity of Mosul
Websitehttp://falihalfayyadh.com/

Biography

Alfayyadh was born 1 February 1956 in Baghdad. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mosul in 1977. He is the Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the Chairman and Founder of the Ataa Movement. He also served as advisor of National Security Council in the current Iraqi government.

Positions

Controversy

On 31 December 2019, he was one of the people (along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Qais Khazali, and Hadi al-Amiri) who was named by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as having led the attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad, despite being a guest at the White House during Barack Obama's presidency in 2011,[10][11] and meeting the US defence secretary Mark Esper in Washington D.C. on 2 October 2019.[12]

References
  1. "National Security Advisor from Iraq visits NATO". Nato.int. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. "Iraqi National Security Adviser Falih al-Fayyadh Visits Hoover". Hoover.org. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. "IRAQ : Faleh Al Fayad". Intelligenceonline.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. "Iraqi National Security Adviser Says Terrorism Linked to Syria". Al-monitor.com. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. "Comparing Iraq's Shiite forces to Iran's Basij". Al-monitor.com. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "صحيفة الندى". Elnadanews.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. "مستشارية الأمن الوطني". Nsa.gov.iq. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. "قناة ان ار تي". November 27, 2017. Archived from the original on November 27, 2017.
  10. ""مقتحمو السفارة" في البيت الأبيض..العامري بضيافة أوباما". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 2 January 2020.
  11. "US embassy siege leader was guest at White House during Obama presidency". Al Arabiya English. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  12. "Iraqi militia leader meets US defence secretary following spate of Israeli attacks". alaraby.co.uk. 2 October 2019.


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