{"id":"atheel-al-nujaifi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/atheel-al-nujaifi","language":"en","name":"Atheel al-Nujaifi","name_en":"Atheel al-Nujaifi","name_ne":null,"description":"Iraqi politician","headline":"Iraqi politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Atheel al-Nujaifi (Arabic: أثيل النجيفي; born 1958) is an Iraqi politician. He served as the Governor of Nineveh Governorate from April 2009 until May 2015.","summary_more":["Nujaifi was born into a Mawsili family in 1958. He is a brother of the Vice-President of Iraq, Osama al-Nujaifi. His ancestors were closely aligned with the Ottoman rulers of Mosul, resulting in them receiving huge grants of land in the al-Hamdaniya district. Nujaifi has degrees in engineering and law from the University of Mosul.","Former governor Atheel al-Nujaifi in the Yezidian Academy, Hanover, Germany, 2014"],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"30 August 1958","date":"1958-08-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Mosul","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83317"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Iraq","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"al-Hadba","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4702437"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Mosul","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743336"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Governor of Nineveh (since 15 April 2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127628062","start":"2009-04-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheel_al-Nujaifi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Atheel al-Nujaifi born?","a":"Atheel al-Nujaifi was born on 30 August 1958 in Mosul."},{"q":"What positions has Atheel al-Nujaifi held?","a":"Positions held by Atheel al-Nujaifi include: Governor of Nineveh (since 15 April 2009)."},{"q":"Where did Atheel al-Nujaifi study?","a":"Atheel al-Nujaifi was educated at University of Mosul."}],"related":[{"name":"Dadvan Yousuf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dadvan-yousuf"},{"name":"Ja'far Abu al-Timman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ja-far-abu-al-timman"},{"name":"Sirwan Barzani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sirwan-barzani"},{"name":"Shaswar Abdulwahid","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shaswar-abdulwahid"},{"name":"Naim Dangoor","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/naim-dangoor"},{"name":"Ali Hatem al-Suleiman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-hatem-al-suleiman"},{"name":"Ali Aldabbagh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-aldabbagh"},{"name":"Muhsin Al-Mandalawi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhsin-al-mandalawi"},{"name":"Hussein AlAnkoshei","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-alankoshei"},{"name":"Asil Attar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/asil-attar"},{"name":"Aras Habib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aras-habib"},{"name":"Jim Reid-Anderson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jim-reid-anderson"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/atheel-al-nujaifi-952b4f6b1f.jpg","width":500,"height":708,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eziden_und_andere_Minderheiten_in_Ninive_(Gastvortrag),_(033)_der_geladene_Gastredner_Athiel_al-Nudschafi,_Gouverneur_von_Ninive.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Atheel al-Nujaifi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheel_al-Nujaifi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q12178359","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178359","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Eziden und andere Minderheiten in Ninive (Gastvortrag), (033) der geladene Gastredner Athiel al-Nudschafi, Gouverneur von Ninive.jpg by Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eziden_und_andere_Minderheiten_in_Ninive_(Gastvortrag),_(033)_der_geladene_Gastredner_Athiel_al-Nudschafi,_Gouverneur_von_Ninive.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Atheel al-Nujaifi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Eziden und andere Minderheiten in Ninive (Gastvortrag), (033) der geladene Gastredner Athiel al-Nudschafi, Gouverneur von Ninive.jpg — Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Atheel al-Nujaifi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/atheel-al-nujaifi. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/atheel-al-nujaifi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/atheel-al-nujaifi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/atheel-al-nujaifi?lang=ne"}}