Career

The elections in Anbar were topped by the pro-protest "Uniters List", which allied the al-Hadba party of Usama al-Nujayfi, the speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq with the Iraqi Islamic Party, which had controlled al-Anbar governorate from 2005 to 2009. He served 2007-2009 as Director of Internal Security for First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Anbar Governorate, and before that as an instructor at the Iraqi Military Academy. Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi, a protest organizer from the Iraqi Islamic Party, was eventually chosen as the new Governor.

He was sworn in on Tuesday 20 August 2013.

Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi was wounded in the head and chest on September 7, 2014 during an operation against anti-government forces in the town of Barwana, al-Anbar Province. He was flown to Amman, Jordan for treatment, and then to Berlin, Germany.

In December 2014 the Anbar Provincial Council moved to have the governor retired, a proposal which he has rejected.

Achievements

• The previous governor, Qasim First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Fahdawi, was a businessman who had been nominated by the Awakening parties that had won the 2009 elections.

Views

After being sworn in, al-Dulaimi met with protest leaders, and vowed to defend them should they be targeted by any party.

Membership

One member of al-Dulaimi"s security team and seven soldiers were killed in the attack.