{{Short description|Iraqi politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Suhaib al-Rawi<br>صهيب الراوي | image = | office = Governor of Anbar | term_start = 24 December 2014 | term_end = 29 August 2017 | president = Fuad Masum | deputy = | appointer = Anbar Provincial Council | predecessor = Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi | successor = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}}<ref name="hayat">{{cite news|title=العراق: تعيين صهيب الراوي محافظاً للأنبار خلفاً للدليمي|url=http://www.alhayat.com/Articles/6421480|accessdate=30 July 2016|work=Al Hayat|date=23 December 2014}}</ref> | birth_place = Rawa, Anbar Governorate, Kingdom of Iraq | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Iraqi Islamic Party | other_party = Muttahidoon | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Suhaib al-Rawi''' ({{langx|ar|صهيب الراوي}}; born 1966) is an Iraqi politician and the former Governor of Anbar until August 2017. He is a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party.
==Political career==
On 23 December 2014, the Anbar Provincial Council voted in al-Rawi as the next Governor of the province. 18 out of the 30 members of the council voted for al-Rawi during a meeting held in Baghdad. Previously, on 13 December, the council had voted to make al-Rawi's predecessor, Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi, retire due to injuries he had received.<ref name="votes">{{cite news|title=Anbar provincial council votes for Suhaib al-Rawi as governor|url=http://www.iraqinews.com/features/anbar-provincial-council-votes-suhaib-al-rawi-governor/|accessdate=30 July 2016|work=Iraqi News|date=23 December 2014}}</ref> On 24 December, the President of Iraq, Fuad Masum, approved al-Rawi's appointment in a decree, which was announced on 28 December.<ref name="masum">{{cite news|title=Masum approves the appointment of Suhaib al-Rawi as governor of Anbar|url=http://english.shafaaq.com/politics/12653-masum-approves-the-appointment-of-suhaib-al-rawi-as-governor-of-anbar.html|accessdate=30 July 2016|work=Shafaq News|date=28 December 2014}}</ref>
According to Ayub Nuri, writing for Rudaw, "It is said that the people of Anbar support him and he has a genuine following" because he "has so far remained neutral between the tribes and the government and rather focused on his job as governor."<ref name="nuri">{{cite news|last1=Nuri|first1=Ayab|title=There might be a man who could save Ramadi|url=http://rudaw.net/english/analysis/25122015|accessdate=30 July 2016|work=Rudaw|date=26 December 2015}}</ref> In late February 2015, al-Rawi met with tribal elders from Anbar, led by Sheikh Rafi Abd al-Karim al-Fahdawi, where they stressed that "Anbar must not be liberated but by its people" rather than by those from outside the province.<ref name="elders">{{cite news|title=Al-Rawi to the elders of Anbar: The province must be liberated by its people|url=http://english.shafaaq.com/politics/13838-al-rawi-to-the-elders-of-anbar-the-province-must-be-liberated-by-its-people.html|accessdate=30 July 2016|work=Shafaq News|date=1 April 2015}}</ref>
On 13 August 2015, al-Rawi announced that he was dismissing all of his aides and advisers as part of the Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi's reform plans to crack down on corruption within government. Al-Rawi also announced that he was dismissing all the district managers who had been in their jobs for more than four years or performed poorly. Reuters wrote that al-Abadi's "reform drive is especially important in Anbar, the Sunni heartland in western Iraq where the Baghdad government is focusing its offensive against Islamic State, which has seized large swathes of the country's north and west including the Anbar capital Ramadi." Al-Rawi also said that future appointments would be made "on the basis of experience and competence" and "according to need and specialization".<ref name="sack">{{cite news|last1=Hameed|first1=Saif|last2=Kalin|first2=Stephen|title=Iraq's Anbar governor sacking all aides under Abadi reform plan|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-reforms-idUSKCN0QI1PL20150813|accessdate=30 July 2016|work=Reuters|date=13 August 2015}}</ref>
He was removed from his office by the Anbar Provincial Council in June 2016 on charges of misusing powers, negligence, and deliberate delinquency. al-Rawi rejected the decision and demanded a public interrogation.<ref>{{cite news|author=Munaf al Obeidi|title=Anbar Governor Removed from Office|url=http://english.aawsat.com/2016/06/article55353630/anbar-governor-removed-office|work=Asharq al Awsat|date=30 June 2016|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> He was dismissed from his position as governor on 29 August by the council after a majority of its members voted to remove him over charges of financial and administrative corruptions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anbar Governor Removed from Office|url=http://www.nrttv.com/en/Details.aspx?Jimare=9727|work=NRT|date=29 August 2016|accessdate=24 October 2016}}</ref> However, he refused to relinquish his position and the dismissal order was revoked by a court on 14 November. In response, the council froze his financial powers the following day. It however revoked his dismissal after the election of its new president on 26 November.<ref>{{cite news|title=Has political crisis in Iraq's Anbar reached a dead end?|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/anbar-fallujah-iraq.html|author=Omar Sattar|work=Al-Monitor|date=5 December 2016|accessdate=3 January 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Governors of Anbar}}
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