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{{Short description|2nd Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq}}
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|name = Ayad al-Samarrai
|native_name = إياد السامرائي
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|office = Secretary-General of the [[Iraqi Islamic Party]]
|term_start = 12 July 2011
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|deputy = [[Salim al-Jabouri]]
|predecessor = [[Osama Tawfiq al-Tikriti]]
|successor =

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|parliament = Iraqi Council of Representatives
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| birth_place =[[Adhamiyah]], [[Baghdad]], [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]]
| birth_date ={{birth year and age|1946}}
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| nationality =[[Iraqi people|Iraqi]]
| party =[[Iraqi Islamic Party]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Baghdad]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
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'''Ayad al-Samarrai''' ({{lang-ar|إياد السامرائي}}; born 1946) is a [[Sunni]] [[Arab]] [[Iraq]]i politician,<ref name=bbc>{{cite web
|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8007025.stm
|title= New speaker for Iraq parliament
|accessdate=2010-02-13
|publisher=[[BBC News]]
|date=19 April 2009}}</ref> who was the chairman of the [[Iraqi Accord Front]] parliamentary group, and since July 2011 is the Secretary-General of the [[Iraqi Islamic Party]]. He was elected as the [[List of Speakers of the Council of Representatives of Iraq|Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament]] on April 19, 2009,<ref name=bbc/> and served until June 2010.

==Early life==
Samarrai was born in 1946 in the [[Adhamiyah]] district of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="GlobalSecurity">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/samarrai.htm|title = Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Ayad al-Samarrai}}</ref> He graduated in 1970 from the University of Baghdad with a Bachelor of Science from the Mechanical Engineering Department.<ref name="GlobalSecurity"/>

==Exile==

Samarrai lived in exile in [[Leeds]] [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in 1995, when he was elected secretary-general of the party.<ref name=Niq>[http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=151&id=1013 Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811113516/http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=151&id=1013 |date=August 11, 2007 }}, ''Niqash'', 2005-11-07, accessed on 2007-07-07</ref>

Prior to the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]] he was appointed to the American-backed opposition ''[[Follow-Up and Arrangement Committee]]''.

==Return to Iraq==

In September 2006, he was appointed as a member/ second deputy chairman of [[the Constitution of Iraq|parliamentary review committee]] considering amendments to the [[constitution of Iraq]].

In July 2007, he was elected head of the [[Iraqi Accordance Front]] parliamentary group, replacing [[Adnan al-Dulaimi]].<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/06/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Sunnis.php Sunni disagreements could lead to Accordance front breakup], ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', 2007-07-06, accessed on 2007-07-07</ref>

On 24 May 2009, he was elected as Deputy of the Iraqi Islamic Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=20226|title=A New Secretary-General Replaces Tarek Al-Hashemi - Ikhwanweb}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Speakers of the Iraqi Parliament}}
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[[Category:Speakers of the Council of Representatives of Iraq]]
[[Category:Iraqi Islamic Party politicians]]
[[Category:Iraqi Accord Front politicians]]
[[Category:University of Baghdad alumni]]
[[Category:People from Baghdad]]
[[Category:Iraqi Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1946 births]]

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