Ali Mumtaz al Daftari

Biography He was born in 1901. Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary belongs to the al-Daftary family, a well-known family, including Mahmoud Subhi al-Daftary, Sabih Mumtaz al-Daftary, and Naim Mumtaz al-Daftary, and was married to Ms. Nemat bint Yassin al-Hashemi.

Al-Daftary worked at the Ministry of Finance early in the founding of the Kingdom of Iraq. He was part of Taha al-Hashemi's ministry in 1941. He served as finance minister the same year in the third ministry of Nuri al-Said. Then in 1946, he was part of the fourth cabinet of Nuri al-Said, where he served as Minister of works and transportation and a representative of the Liberal Party, but later resigned.

Al-Daftary was finance minister again in 1948. After the resignation of Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali's ministry in 1954, Nuri al-Said offered him to participate in his ministry, but he apologized, and Nuri al-Said later apologized for the formation of the government that entrusted Arshad al-Omari to form his second cabinet. A master thesis presented in 2014 to basic education at Mustansiriya University.