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Adding local short description: "Iraqi politician", overriding Wikidata description "Appointed governor of Iraq's Al Anbar province in May 2005" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Iraqi politician}}
{{Infobox Governor
| honorific-prefix = Governor
| name = Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Alwani
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Anbar ceremony 2008-09-01.JPG
| caption = [[John F. Kelly (Marine)|Maj. Gen. John Kelly]] and Gov. Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Alwani sign provincial Iraqi control documents on Sep. 1, 2008.
| order =
| office = [[Governor]] of [[Al Anbar Governorate|Anbar]]
| term_start = May 2005
| term_end = April 2009
| lieutenant =
| predecessor = [[Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/world/middleeast/11ramadi.html|title=Stubborn Man Tries to Govern in Violent Iraq|first=Dexter|last=Filkins|date=July 11, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
| successor = [[Qasim Al-Fahdawi]]<ref>[http://www.mnfwest.usmc.mil/public/InfolineMarines.nsf/(ArticlesRead)/1CC448472D8ED9A1432575AD0023F125 Karmah officials meet with Anbar government, aim to further cooperation]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth year|1957}}
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| nationality = [[Iraq]]i
| spouse =
| party = [[Iraqi Islamic Party]] (IIP)
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| occupation = [[Politician]]
| profession = [[Structural Engineer]]<ref name="wasta">{{Cite web|url=http://www.americaandtheworld.com/assets/pdfs/Wasta.pdf|title=americaandtheworld.com|website=www.americaandtheworld.com}}</ref>
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| appointed = Anbar Provincial Council (PC)
}}
'''Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Alwani''' (born 1957) was an Iraqi politician, who served as governor of the Al Anbar [[province]]. He was appointed by the Anbar Provincial Council in May 2005, following the murder of the previous governor, [[Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi]]. He was a member of the Abu Alwani clan, part of the [[Dulaim tribe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/story.asp?STORY_ID=1420|title=Proceedings Story - U.S. Naval Institute}}</ref> His name was found along with the names of other prominent Iraqi Sunni leaders who had been targeted for assassination in a captured [[al-Qaida in Iraq]] (AQI) document.<ref>[http://gabriellecusumano.blogtownhall.com/2006/10 Townhall.com - Gabrielle Cusumano] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622175250/http://gabriellecusumano.blogtownhall.com/2006/10 |date=2008-06-22 }}</ref>

Insurgents kidnapped Alwani's son on September 6, 2005, but he was later safely returned.<ref>[http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2005/05-09-08.rferl.html RFE/RL Newsline, 05-09-08]</ref><ref>[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091013171048/http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/05/ Counterterrorism Blog: May 2006 Archives]</ref> In March 2007, two of Alwani's nieces were killed in [[improvised explosive device]] (IED) attacks.<ref name="wasta"/>

In late October 2007, Alwani was part of a delegation of Anbari government and tribal officials that travelled to the United States to drum up support for reconstruction efforts in the province upon an official invitation from the [[US Department of State]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/23380|title=Anbar delegation heads to U.S. for support |work= Iraq Updates}}</ref> The following month, Alwani expressed to reporters that his primary concern was that a sectarian-divided Iraq would inspire meddling from Iran and other neighboring countries. He also invited private investors from the US to help develop Anbar's oil and natural reserves in the southern Akaz region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/02/iraq/main3448153.shtml|title=Anbar Officials Ask For More Support, Province Asks U.S. For Money To Rebuild, Help Expanding Police And U.S. Oil Investment - CBS News}}</ref>

==Assassination attempts==
Alwani survived at least 31 assassination attempts since assuming office in May 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeagle.com/story/Iraqi_officials_looking_to_A_amp_M_for_help|archive-url=http://archive.today/20080509183656/http://www.theeagle.com/story/Iraqi_officials_looking_to_A_amp_M_for_help|archive-date=2008-05-09|url-status=dead|title=Iraqi officials looking to A&M for help|first=HOLLY| last=HUFFMAN }}</ref>

On August 18, 2005, insurgents opened fire on the governor and a group of prominent Sunni Muslim clerics as they were meeting in [[Ramadi]]. Witnesses said Alwani was holding talks with members of the Muslim Clerics Association in Ramadi's Al Dawla al-Kabeer mosque when the gunmen opened fire. The governor and the head of the Muslim Clerics Association in Ramadi, Thamir al-Dulaimi, escaped injury, but Dhahir al-Obeidi, head of the Sunni Endowment organisation, was wounded along with his deputy.

In early May 2006, Alwani escaped with minor wounds when a bomb exploded near his convoy. The bomb exploded as he was travelling to his office in Ramadi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/05/mil-060502-voa04.htm|title=Iraqi Governor Escapes Roadside Bombing, 3 Bodyguards Dead|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>

On December 25, 2007, several mortar rounds hit the governor's office at the Government Center in downtown Ramadi.<ref name="wasta"/>

==See also==
*[[Al Anbar Governorate]]
*[[Iraqi Islamic Party]] (IIP)
*[[Provincial Government (Anbar)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Governors of Al Anbar Governorate]]
[[Category:Iraqi Islamic Party politicians]]
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{{Governors of Anbar}}

Maamoon Sami Rasheed al-Alwani - Revision history

->Lugnuts: Adding local short description: "Iraqi politician", overriding Wikidata description "Appointed governor of Iraq's Al Anbar province in May 2005" (Shortdesc helper)