Basimah Yusuf Butrus

Basimah Yusuf Butrus
ܒܐܣܡܐ ܝܘܣܦ ܦܛܪܘܣ
باسمة يوسف بطرس
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
May 2005 – May 2006
Prime MinisterIbrahim al-Jaafari
Preceded byRashad Mandan Omar
Succeeded byRaed Fahmy Jahid
Member of Iraqi Parliament
In office
March 8, 2010 – Unknown
Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki
Personal details
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Erbil, Iraq
PartyAssyrian Democratic Movement
Alma materSalahaddin University-Erbil
ProfessionBiochemist
Politician
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Basimah Yusuf Butrus (Syriac: ܒܐܣܡܐ ܝܘܣܦ ܦܛܪܘܣ), also known as Basmah Yousif Putros (born 1963) is an Iraqi Assyrian politician who was Minister of Science and Technology in the Iraqi Transitional Government from May 2005 until May 2006. At the time of her election, she was the only Christian Minister in Iraq, and the second Assyrian woman to have been in the Iraqi government after Pascal Esho Warda.

A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Butrus had been politically involved with the Assyrian Democratic Movement.