Baqir Jabr Al-Zubeidi (Arabic: باقر جبر الزبيدي, romanized: Bāqir Jarb al-Zabīdī), also known as Bayan Jabr Solagh (Arabic: بيان باقر صولاغ, romanized: Bayān Bāqir Sūlāġ), is a former commander of the Badr Brigades who served as the Finance MinisterofIraq in the governmentofNouri al-Maliki. He served as Minister of Interior, in charge of the police, in the Iraqi Transitional Government and was Minister of Housing and Reconstruction of the Iraqi Governing Council. He is a senior member of the Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance as well as a leader in the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi
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| باقر جبر الزبيدي | |
Baqr Al-Zubeidi in 2006.
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| Minister of Transport | |
| In office September 2014 – August 2016 | |
| President | Fuad Masum |
| Prime Minister | Haider Al-Abadi |
| Preceded by | Hadi Al-Amiri |
| Succeeded by | Kazim Finjan Al Hamami |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office May 2006 – December 2010 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Preceded by | Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi |
| Succeeded by | Rafi al-Issawi |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office April 2005 – May 2006 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Preceded by | Falah Hassan al-Naqib |
| Succeeded by | Jawad Bulani |
| Minister of Housing and Reconstruction | |
| In office September 2003 – June 2004 | |
| President | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer |
| Prime Minister | Iraqi Governing Council |
| Preceded by | Coalition Provisional Authority |
| Succeeded by | Omar Farouk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Amara Province, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Political party | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq |
| Alma mater | University of Basra |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Nickname | Bayan Jabr Solagh |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Badr Brigades |
| Commands | Commander of the Badr Brigades |
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Born in 1946 in the Maysan Governorate, Jabr became a Shi'a activist while studying engineering at Baghdad University in the 1970s. He escaped to Iran amid former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's crackdown on Shi'a political groups and joined the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). He later headed SCIRI's office in Syria. According to the Independent newspaper Jabr was a former commander of SCIRI's militia, the Badr Brigades.
Under Jabr's control, the Interior Ministry in 2006 was accused by the United Nations human rights chief in Iraq, John Pace, of executing and torturing to death hundreds of Iraqis every month.[1]
On 3 January 2006, his sister was reported kidnapped from Baghdad by Iraqi insurgents. Parts of central Baghdad were locked down as police searched for the woman.[2] She was released two weeks later after a ransom was paid by him.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance of Iraq May 2006–December 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Minister of Interior of Iraq April 2005–May 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Minister of Housing and Reconstruction of Iraq September 2003–June 2004 |
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