Mohamed Al-Halbousi

Mohammed Rikan Hadid al-Halbousi (محمد ريكان حديد الحلبوسي; born 4 January 1981 ) is an Iraqi politician who served as Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq from 15 September 2018 to 14 November 2023. Al Halbousi submitted his resignation from this role on 26 September 2022 due to the political tension at the time. This resignation was however rejected by the parliament on 28 September 2022 and he continued to serve in this position until 14 November 2023, when the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq ordered Halbousi's dismissal from parliament along with fellow legislator Laith al-Dulaimi, who had sued Halbousi claiming that he had forged Dulaimi's signature on a resignation letter. He was previously the governor of Al Anbar Governorate since 29 August 2017. He is the leader of the Progress Party.

Al Halbousi won a seat in the Iraqi 2014 parliamentary elections and served as an MP until his dismissal.

Biography
Mohammed Rikan Hadid Al-Halbousi Al-Dulaimi was born to a Sunni family on January 4, 1981, in Garmah, western Iraq. He is married to Nawar Asim, PhD. He holds a degree in Highways and Roads Engineering from Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. He received a BSc. Degree in summer 2002, a year before Iraq war that was waged on March 20, 2003. Al Halbusi moved on to pursue his graduate studies at Al-Mustansiriya University where he received a master's degree in Highways and Roads Engineering in 2006. His MSc. thesis subject title is "Modeling of Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflict on Arterial Street Using the Simulation Approach".

Al Halbousi launched his own private business working as a businessperson. He has been owning and running Al-Hadeed Co. Ltd. for General Rebuilding Projects. Al-Hadeed Company has implemented a number of infrastructure projects in Fallujah city with particular mention to the designing and implementation of the Fallujah sewage matrix. Al Halbousi remained active in his private business until he was tapped to get into the world of Iraqi politics in early 2014.

Speaker of the Council of Representatives
In September 2018, Halbousi was elected as the Speaker of the Council of Representatives making him the 11th to serve that position and the 6th since the 2003 U.S. invasion. He won 169 votes in a secret ballot conducted at the session of the 329-seat assembly.

On 9 January 2022, Halbousi was elected as the Speaker of Council of Representatives for a second term, defeating Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a former speaker of parliament in 2006. He received 200 votes from the 329-seat parliament.

On 14 November 2023, the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq ordered Halbousi's dismissal as both speaker and member of parliament along with fellow legislator Laith al-Dulaimi, who had sued Halbousi claiming that he had forged Dulaimi's signature on a resignation letter, which Halbousi denied.