About Najiha Al-Amiri
Born 1956. Najiha Al-Amiri is an Iraqi politician.
Najiha Al-Amiri (born 1956) is an Iraqi politician and a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq.
Early life A Shiite Muslim, Najiha Al-Amiri was born in 1956 in Baghdad and attended the Al-Mustansiriya University.
Career At a young age, Al-Amiri joined the Shiite Islamic Dawa Party and, before she could finish college, was arrested by the Ba'athist regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1979. She was kept in captivity and subjected to torture. She fled Iraq with her child in 1983 and continued her opposition of Hussein's regime, for which several of her family members were murdered.
Personal life Al-Amiri's husband was also a member of the Islamic Dawa Party and was killed in 1980.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Najiha Al-Amiri. https://biography.guide/najiha-al-amiri/
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