Abdul Wahab Mahmoud was an Iraqi politician born in
Basra
Basra () is a port city in Iraq, southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the List of largest cities of Iraq, third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq bor ...
in 1909 and died on January 14, 1972. He was left-leaning and had Marxist tendencies.
Education
He was educated in Basra and Baghdad, and graduated from the Faculty of Law in 1932.
Career
Abdul Wahab Mahmoud was elected as a member of the House of Representatives for the eighth round of elections from December 23, 1937 - 22 February 1939. On 20 December 1938, he was arrested and placed under house arrest in the district of
Tal Afar
Tal Afar (, ; ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located west of Mosul, east of SinjarJameel Al-Madfaai was removed.
He was also a member of the House of Representatives in the ninth session (12 June 1939 - 9 June 1943) and a member of the House of Representatives for the tenth electoral cycle (9 October 1943-21 May 1946).
He was
Minister of Finance
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A ministry of finance's portfolio ...
in the Second Ministry of
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (; 11 May 1892 – 15 October 1968) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from 1929 to 1950.
Early life and education
Al-Suwaidi was born in Baghdad in 1892, he completed his ...
in 1946. He was also a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, a bar president, and an ambassador to Iraq in
Moscow
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.
He was a member of the Liberal Party led by Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, founded in 1946, where Saad Saleh Jario was vice-president. His membership continued from 1946 until 1948 when the party ended its activities.
In 1950, Abdelwahab Mahmoud signed the Stockholm Appeal for Peace.
He was elected President of the Bar and he was the tenth among the sequence of the Bar presidents during the 1950-1951 session and was re-elected for the 1951-1952 session and for another third session 1952-1953. During his tenure, the Bar Association flourished, lawyers' rooms expanded and lawyers have become similar rooms in the courthouse in some Iraqi cities. In 1958, he was again elected President of the Bar.
He was instrumental in the disturbances of 1952 (the 1952 uprising), and as a result he was held for six weeks. He was also active during the elections in June 1954 but withdrew from politics. After the formation of the government of Nouri al-Said he directed his concerns towards building himself financially.
In 1959 he was appointed Iraqi ambassador to Moscow and remained until 1962.
He was elected President of the Bar for the last time from 1968 to 1971.
Family
He married Ms. Raqia, a Turkish who had mastered the French language, which is why she taught it at a school in Baghdad.
His only daughter, Buran, was married to Osama bin Tahseen Qadri, a companion to King Faisal I.