Abdel aziz al hakim biography
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Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (AHB-duul ə-ZEEZ al hə-KEEM; Arabic: سید عبد العزيز الحكيم; – 26 August ) was an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of SCIRI, the largest political party in the Iraqi National Assembly.
He was a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and served as its president in December Brother of the Shia leader Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, he replaced him as leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq when Mohammed Baqir was assassinated in August in Najaf.
He was born in , the son of Grand Ayatollah Muhsin Al-Hakim, the spiritual leader of the world's Shi'a from He played a leading role in the Safar Intifada in and was imprisoned in , and He went into exile in Iran in , where he was a founder member in of SCIRI and headed their military wing, the Badr Brigade. He the top candidate listed for the United Iraqi Coalition during the first Iraqi legislative election of January but has not soug
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