Baha Araji
Bahaa Al Araji | |
|---|---|
بهاء الاعرجي | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| In office 8 September 2014 – 10 August 2015 | |
| President | Fuad Masum |
| Member of Iraqi parliament | |
| In office 22 April 2006 – 8 September 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Party | United Iraqi Alliance |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Bahaa Araji (Arabic: بهاء الاعرجي) was a member of the Iraqi National Assembly until 2014. He served as Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs from September 2014 to August 2015. He is a spokesman for the United Iraqi Alliance.
He was a member of the committee that drafted the Constitution of Iraq.
During coalition negotiations in 2006 he strongly opposed the inclusion of Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National List in the government, saying they represented a red line drawn in blood.