On the C-SPAN Networks: Ibrahim al-Jaafari is a Foreign Minister for Iraq with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2005 Speech as a Prime Minister for Iraq. The year ...

(CNN) — Here's a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, current foreign minister and former prime minister of Iraq. Other Facts: Is a trained physician. Has five children. Timeline: 1968 - Joins the ...

Ibrahim al-Jaafari is no strongman. He speaks so softly that he often seems to be whispering to himself. Even when audible, he can be hard to understand: his vocabulary is drawn heavily from classical ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Bowing to intense pressure, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari agreed Thursday to allow Shiite lawmakers to find someone else to head the new government, abandoning his claim on ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sunni Arab and Kurdish politicians increased pressure Sunday on Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to abandon his bid for a new term, while leaders of Iraq’s Shiite majority ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Bowing to intense pressure, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari agreed Thursday to allow Shiite lawmakers to find someone else to head the new government, abandoning his claim on another ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunni Arab and Kurdish politicians increased pressure Sunday on Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to abandon his bid for a new term, while leaders of Iraq's Shiite majority ...

1968 - Joins the Islamic Dawa Party. Al Dawa (formally the Hizb al-Dawa al-Islamiyya or the Islamic Call Party), is a Shia Islamist party with close connections with Iran’s clerical regime. 1980 - ...