Background
Al-Shahristani, Hussain was born in 1942 in Karbala, Iraq.
Iraqi government official nuclear scientist
Al-Shahristani, Hussain was born in 1942 in Karbala, Iraq.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London, 1965. Master of Science in Nuclear science, University Toronto, Canada, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear science, University Toronto, Canada, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Toronto, Canada, 1970.
Scientific researcher Atomic Research Center, 1970—1973. Teacher Mosul University, 1973. Assistant professor Baghdad University, 1974, head, radioisotope production department, 1975—1977, head, nuclear chemistry department, 1977—1979.
Chief science advisory Iraqi Atomic Energy Organization, 1979. Political prisioner, 1979—1991. Chairman Iraqi Refugee Aid Council.
Advisory to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, 2003. First deputy chairman Iraqi National Assembly, Baghdad, 2005. Member of Parliament Iraqi Parliament, since 2006.
Minister oil Government of Iraq, Baghdad, since 2006. Head, Iraqi delegate Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Married.