What is Abdul Aziz al-Hakim?
'''Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim from Iraq pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|ˈ|ɑː|b|d|ʊ|l|_|ə|ˈ|z|iː|z|_|æ|l|_|h|ə|ˈ|k|iː|m}} {{respell|AHB|duul|_|ə|ZEEZ|_|al|_|hə|KEEM}}; {{lang-ar|سید عبد العزيز الحكيم}};{{lrm}} 1952 – 26 August 2009) was an [[Iraq]]i theologian and politician and the leader of [[SCIRI]], the largest political party in the [[Iraqi National Assembly]]. He was a member of the [[United States|U.S.]]-appointed [[Iraqi Governing Council]] and served as its president in [[December 2003]]. 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 2003]] in [[Najaf]]. He was born in 1953, the son of [[Grand Ayatollah Muhsin Al-Hakim]], the spiritual leader of the world's Shi'a from 1955-1970. He played a leading role in the [[Safar Intifada]] in 1977 and was imprisoned in 1972, 1977 and 1979. He went into exile in [[Iran]] in 1980, where he was a founder member in 1982 of [[SCIRI]] and headed their military wing, the [[Badr Brigade]]. He the top candidate listed for the [[United Iraqi Alliance|United Iraqi Coalition]] during the first [[Iraqi legislative election, January 2005|Iraqi legislative election of January 2005]] but has not sought a government post because the Alliance had decided not to include theologians in the government. ==Sources== * [http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=152&id=1014 Background]{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdul Aziz al-Hakim}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:Iraqi politicians]] {{Biography-stub}}