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Adnan Pachachi

Adnan Pachachi (born on May 14, 1923 in Baghdad), is the scion of a Sunni Arab family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics. He was a member of the Iraqi Governing Council and held its presidency in a particularly bad month January 2004. Critics claim this experience illustrated his inability to unite or lead the country. He already served as foreign minister during the regime of presidents Abdul Salam Arif and Abdul Rahman Arif in 1965-67 and as permanent representative to the United Nations in 1959-65 and 1967-68. He returned to Iraq in May 2003 after 32 years in exile (he left Baghdad in 1971 to settle in the United Arab Emirates. While there he acted as advisor to the Emir (and publicly kissed his hand in a traditional act of deference). This was an unpopular move with many Iraqis who have often denounced the Gulf monarchies as illegitimate and reactionary. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... State Department photo by Michael Gross. ... State Department photo by Michael Gross. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wikinews has news related to this article: Several hundred killed after stampede in Baghdad A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad For other meanings see Baghdad (disambiguation) Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Iraqi Governing Council. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → January 31, 2004 The United States defence budget is set to exceed US$400 billion next year—an almost 7% increase—according to budget proposals inadvertently posted on the Pentagons website. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... Abdul Salam Arif (1921, Baghdad - April 13, 1966), president of Iraq (1963-1966). ... Abdul Rahman Arif (Arabic عبد الرحمان عارف) (born 1916 or 1918) was president of Iraq from April 16, 1966 to July 16, 1968. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 member states, which includes virtually all internationally recognized independent countries. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003. ...

On June 1, 2004, he was reportedly nominated to be the next president of Iraq. He seems, however, to lack a reasonable support base, and has stated that someone who engenders less opposition was needed.

A liberal secularist, Pachachi has put together a list of candidates in the Assembly of Independent Democrats movement to contest the Iraqi National Assembly elections, 2005. However his party failed to win a seat in the assembly with only around 12,000 votes. The Assembly of Independent Democrats is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in Iraq. ... Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. ...