Background
Saadoun al-Dulaimi was born in Al-Anbar in 1954.
politician Ministry of Defence
Saadoun al-Dulaimi was born in Al-Anbar in 1954.
University of Baghdad.
He holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Baghdad in 1979, and a Ph.D in social psychology from the United Kingdom in 1990. After obtaining the master's degree, he worked as a teacher at University of Baghdad, then he was sent to London to complete doctoral degree in 1986. In addition, he worked as a lecturer in British universities, and in many Arab universities, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
He joined the Iraqi opposition against the rule of Saddam Hussein after the invasion of Kuwait. And was sentenced to death in absentia, for his participation in a coup attempt. He participated in the opposition conferences abroad and was selected in the Coordination Committee and follow-up conference in London in 2002.
Saadoun returned to Iraq in 2003 and established "Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies - ICRSS", which is an independent, Scientific, non-governmental, non-aligned research institution. The center had many successful researches and opinion polls. He served as minister of defense in the government of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, from 1 June 2005 to 6 March 2006.
He was also selected as a key member of scientific and academic associations, and conducted many researches in Arabic and English languages.
