First Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya (Acting Speaker of Parliament)
Born in 1949 in al-Qadisiyah district of Baghdad
Finished secondary education in Baghdad in 1970, and continued religious studies in the Al-Najaf hawza where he studied under Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and Al-Sayyid Abu-al-Qasim al-Khu'i.
Immigrated to Egypt in 1979, and in 1980 obtained a Diploma in literary studies from the Dar al-'Ulum Faculty, Cairo University; received a Masters degree in literary studies in 1985; and a Diploma in literary studies from the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon.
He traveled to Lebanon, Latin America, Iran and the United Kingdom where he worked at various religious, cultural, and academic endeavors.
Head of the Department of Islamic Studies at the Oxford Academy for Higher Education from 2000 to 2004.
Returned to Iraq after the fall of the regime and became a key political leader for the UIA in Parliament.
Nominated to Deputy Speakership of the Council of Representatives on April 22, 2006.
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