Atheel al-Nujaifi
Iraqi politician
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| Intro | Iraqi politician | |
| Places | Iraq | |
| is | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1958, Mosul | |
| Age | 67 years | |
| Politics: | Al-Hadba |
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Atheel al-Nujaifi (Arabic: أثيل النجيفي; Turkish: Esil Nuceyfi; born 1958) is an Iraqi politician who was the Governor of Nineveh Province from April 2009 until May 2015.
Nujaifi was born into a Moslawi family in 1958. His ancestors were closely aligned with the Ottoman rulers of Mosul, resulting in them receiving huge grants of land in al-Hamdaniya district. Nujaifi has degrees in Engineering and Law from the University of Mosul.