Mohammed Hussain Nasrallah

Sayyid Muhammad-Husayn Muhammad-Ali Nasrallah (Arabic: محمد حسين محمد علي آل نصر الله‎; born May 17, 1951) is an Iraqi judge, prosecutor, and served as the president of appeals tribunal for four different Iraqi provinces.[3][4] He retired in June 2014. He is currently the chief of the Nasrallah family, a post he has held since 2017.[5]

Sayyid

Mohammed Hussain Nasrallah
السيد محمد حسين نصر الله
Nasrallah at the Technocrat government conference, 2016
Member of the Judicial Supervisory Authority
In office
2009–2014
President of the Appeals Tribunal of al-Muthanna
In office
2007–2009
President of the Appeals Tribunal of Karbala
In office
2005 – December 31, 2007
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byRashid Aziz al-Khayoun
President of the Appeals Tribunal of Wasit
In office
2004–2005
Vice President of the Appeals Tribunal of Babil
In office
2003–2004
58th Custodian of the Imam Husayn Shrine
In office
April 5, 2003 – August 24, 2003
Preceded byAbdul Sahib Nasrallah
Succeeded byCustodianship abolished
Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalaei, Secretary General
Personal details
Born
Muhammad-Husayn Muhammad-Ali Abid Nasrallah

(1951-05-17) May 17, 1951
Karbala, Iraq
Children4
RelativesAref Nasrallah (first cousin)[1]
Hashem Nasrallah (first cousin, once removed)
EducationUniversity of Baghdad (LLB)[2]
Iraqi Judicial Institute (J)
Military service
Allegiance Iraq
Branch/service Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of serviceSeptember 5, 1972, to August 12, 1974 (706 days)
UnitIraq Army Reserve

Early life and education

Nasrallah was born on May 17, 1951, to Muhammad-Ali Nasrallah and Monira Tumah. Both of his parents hail from the noble Al Faiz family, and claim agnatic descent from Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and her husband, Ali, the first Shia Imam.[6] Nasrallah was born in Karbala, and grew up there. He is the eldest of six children. His ancestors on some occasions ruled the city, and held custodianship of its holy sites.[7][8] His brother, Haidar was executed by the Baathist regime in 1989.

Education

He moved to Baghdad in the late 1960s, and graduated with a bachelors in Law and Politics in 1972 from the University of Baghdad.[9][10] He then graduated as a judge from the Judicial Institute of Iraq in 1979. He also graduated in supreme specialised studies from the Judicial Institute in 2000.

Nasrallah was awarded with a certificate from the United Nations during a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide course in 2003.

Under a grant from the British Department for International Development, Nasrallah travelled, along with 139 other Iraqi judges, to Prague, to attend the Judging in a Democratic State course at the CEELI Institute. He attained a diploma from the institute in 2004.[11][12][13] He also holds a diploma in Law Enforcement attained in Verbania, in 2005.

Career

He started his career as a judge in 1979, and worked in different courts across Iraq. Nasrallah participated in the 1991 uprising by supporting the rebels, and was eventually suspected by the Baathists and so he was sent away from his hometown to work in cities in the North and South of Iraq.

Shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a governance committee was formed to run Karbala, and so the members nominated Nasrallah as the new mayor that would replace Tali al-Douri. However Nasrallah turned down the city's request as he was focused on his career.[14] Nasrallah was then assigned as a custodian of the Imam Husayn shrine, until a secretary general was appointed by Ayatollah Sistani, as part of the constitutional transition of the shrines' management from the sidana to the Shi'i Endowment Office.[15]

That same year, he was assigned as vice president of the appeals tribunal court in Babil. A year later he became the president of the appeals tribunal court in Wasit. In 2005, he established the appeals tribunal court in Karbala and was assigned as its president. Two years later, he became the president of the appeals tribunal court of al-Muthanna.[16][1]

He was also a member of the Judicial Supervisory Authority of the Supreme Judicial Council supervising the courts of Babil, Wasit, Najaf and al-Qadissiyah until his he retired in 2014.[17] Nasrallah is currently a Law Representative for Pillsbury Global in Iraq.

In 2016, Muqtada al-Sadr attempted to form a technocratic government along with Haider al-Abadi.[18] For this campaign, Nasrallah was nominated as Minister of Justice.[3][19] However, due to the political chaos in Iraq, the plans were not followed through.

Works

Nasrallah has produced three law studies:

  • The Obligatory Will: In Law and Jurispuridence (1987)
  • Laws of Absence (1993)
  • Protesting and Appealing Laws in Absentia (1999)

The result of the first two studies caused amendments in the Iraqi Law of Personal Status.[20]

Personal life

Nasrallah is married and has four children. His son Ali, teaches Computer Science at the University of Karbala.[21][22]

See also

References
  1. "al-Sayyid al-Marja' Yastaqbil Ra'is Mahkamat Isti'naf Wa Masool al-Ilaqat al-Ama Fi Karbala a-Muqadassa" [Sayyid al-Marja' welcomes President of Appeals Tribunal court of Karbala as well as the Director of Public Relations]. alshirazi.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. "UOB Law College graduates of 1971/1972" (PDF). colaw.uobaghdad.edu.iq (in Arabic). #296.
  3. "Sayyid Mohammed Nasrallah Murashahan li-Wizarat al-'Adl" [Sayyid Mohammed Nasrallah Nominated For Ministry of Justice]. Shabakat Iraq al-Khayr (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 February 2020. He is the son of Karbala, from the noble al-Fa'iz al-Musawi family. He is President of the Appeals Tribunal of Karbala, and previously al-Muthanna.
  4. Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1998). Asha'er Karbala Wa 'Usariha [Tribes and Families of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Baydha'. p. 232.
  5. "Al Sada Al Nasrallah al-Faizi" [The Sayyids of Al Nasralla of Al Faiz]. www.facebook.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-19. Assignment of Muhammad-Husayn Nasrallah (The Judge) as chief of the family on 2017-12-15
  6. Tu'ma, Salman Hadi (1998). 'Asha'ir Karbala Wa Usarha [Tribes and Families of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Muhja al-Baydha'. p. 229.
  7. Sadr, Sayyid Hassan (1965). Nuzhat Ahl al-Haramayn Fi 'Imarat al-Mashhadayn [A Stroll into the Sights of the Shrines] (in Arabic). Lucknow, India. p. 21.
  8. Shams al-Din, Sayyid Ibrahim. al-Buyutat al-'Alawiya Fi Karbala [The Alid Households in Karbala] (in Arabic). Karbala, Iraq: Matba'at Karbala. p. 12.
  9. "UOB Law College graduates of 1971/1972" (PDF). colaw.uobaghdad.edu.iq (in Arabic). #296.
  10. al-Karbassi, Ayatollah Dr. Mohammed Sadiq. Tarikh al-Maraqid (al-Husayn Wa Ahli Baytih Wa Ansarih) [Shrine History (Hussain, his family and companions)] (in Arabic). 4. London, UK: Hussaini Centre for Research. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-902490-37-3.
  11. "Annual Report of 2005" (PDF). ceeliinstitute.org.
  12. "Rule of Law, Development, Diplomacy". www.dillonhillas.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19. Nasrallah appears in the far left of those sitting down, in the image captioned: "With the Iraqi judges at the CEELI Institute in Prague. Photo by Dr. M. Zimmer."
  13. "Iraqi judges train in Prague to better understand their role in a democratic society". Radio Prague International. 2004-09-23. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  14. "Karbala Tunshi' Lajnah li-Idarat Shu'unaha Wa Ta'yeen Muhafidhan Laha" [Karbala forms a governing committee to manage the city and nominates a Mayor]. Elaph Publishing Limited (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  15. al-Karbassi, Ayatollah Dr. Mohammed Sadiq. Tarikh al-Maraqid (al-Husayn Wa Ahli Baytih Wa Ansarih) [Shrine History (Hussain, his family and companions)] (in Arabic). 4. London, UK: Hussaini Centre for Research. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-902490-37-3.
  16. "Sada Jum'at Karbala al-Muqadassa Fi Mu'asasat al-Qadhaa' al-'Ulya" [Karbala's Friday Echoes for the Supreme Judicial Institutions]. Buratha News Outlet (in Arabic). 14 October 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  17. "al-Sudani Sayuhal Ila al-Qadha Qareeban Wa Shukook Hawl Wujudah Fil Bilad" [al-Sudani Will Fall into the Hands of the Law And Doubts of His Presence in the Country]. Noon News Outlet (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  18. "Powerful cleric al-Sadr calls for 'technocratic government' in Iraq". TheNewArab. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  19. "Asma' Tashkilat Hukumat al-Teknoqrat Alaty Qadamaha al-Ebadi lil-Barlaman al-Iraqi" [List of names nominated for the Technocratic Government PM al-Abadi presented to the Iraqi parliament]. aa.com.tr (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  20. "Personal Status Law of 1959 Personal Status Law" (PDF). refworld.org.
  21. "al-Sirah al-Thatiyah Ali Muhammad-Husayn" [Biography of Ali Muhammad-Husayn]. science.uokerbala.edu.iq (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  22. "Ali NASRALLA - ARID". portal.arid.my (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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