Exclusive: Names of 27 people who will accompany al-Zaidi to Washington
Exclusive: Names of 27 people who will accompany al-Zaidi to Washington
2026-07-12
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will head to the US capital, Washington, on Monday, at the head of a high-level delegation that includes five ministers, heads of parliamentary committees, the governor of the central bank, and others.
Shafaq News Agency obtained a list of the names of the government delegation accompanying Al-Zidi during his visit to the United States, which also includes deputies and advisors, to discuss political, security, economic and investment files with the American administration.
The delegation includes Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Finance Minister Falih al-Sari, Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair, Electricity Minister Ali Saadi Wahib, and Trade Minister Mustafa Nizar Juma.
The delegation also includes the Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, MP Amer Al-Fayez, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, MP Harim Kamal, in addition to Member of Parliament Mohammed Tamim, and the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Hamid Al-Ghazi.
The delegation will include Central Bank Governor Nizar Nasser, National Security Advisor Qasim Al-Aboudi, Head of the Advisory Board in the Prime Minister’s Office Youssef Khalaf Youssef, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance Ali Karim Hussein, as well as Secretary of the Ministry of Defense Lieutenant General Ahmed Salim Bahjat, and Head of the Media and Communications Commission Baligh Mithqal Abu Kalal.
The delegation will also include the Prime Minister’s Foreign Relations Advisor Farhad Alaeddin, the Director General of the International Relations Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ambassador Krikor Bakram Derhakobian, the Prime Minister’s Political Advisor Abbas Al-Amiri, the Prime Minister’s Financial and Banking Advisor Saleh Mahmoud Salman, the Prime Minister’s Advisor and Director of his Private Office Azhar Hussein Saleh, in addition to the Head of the Coordination and Protocol Department in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ambassador Hassanein Rashid Al-Sheikh.
The delegation will also include the head of the Iraqi Media Network, Abdul Karim Hammadi Abdul Sada, the head of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Nizar Al-Hakim, the Prime Minister’s advisor, Bakr Asaad Ali, the media advisor, Ali Sabah Karim Razouqi, the director of the Prime Minister’s media office, Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi, and the media coordinator, Adel Naama Najm.
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