Background
Al-Mutlaq was born in Fallujah into the Jubur Tribe on 1 July 1947.
Al-Mutlaq was born in Fallujah into the Jubur Tribe on 1 July 1947.
He attended school in Habbaniyah, and went on to graduate from the University of Baghdad in 1968. He later completed his PhD at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1974.
From 21 December 2010 to 11 August 2015, he was one of the three deputy prime ministers of Iraq. The Front alleges it is not sectarian. Mutlaq told Al-Arabiyah television "The majority of the National Dialogue Council insists that the list is a national list that includes Iraqis from Al-Basrah to Al-Sulaymaniyyah."
The Front platform calls an end to the presence of foreign troops and to rebuild government institutions.
It also plans to focus on Iraq's economic and security problems. The Front performed relatively well in the December 2005 election, winning 11 seats, but complained of widespread electoral fraud and called for a re-run of the poll. Western observers and the United Nations said the poll was largely free and fair.
According to BBC World News, Mutlaq wants all sects and ethnic groups to set aside their differences.
Mutlaq then pursued a successful career in farming, before returning to politics after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, being appointed to the committee tasked with writing a new constitution. Mutlaq however voted against the new constitution due to the provision which outlawed the Ba'ath Party. Its main components are the Iraqi National Front, the National Front for a Free and United Iraq and the Iraqi Christian Democratic Party of Minas.
