Short bio on the new PM-designate @MAKadhimi: born Mustafa Abdul Lateef Mushatat Al-Ghareebawi in 1964 in Kadhimiya, Baghdad. His father, a member of Kamil Chadirji's left-wing NDP, moved the family from Shatra, Dhi Qar in 1963 to Baghdad

He fled Iraq in 1985 while still a student at law college after his brother had been on death row for ties to M. Baqir Al-Hakeem. After time as a refugee in Iran, Germany, Sweden among others, he settled in the UK where he gained citizenship and adopted the surname Al-Kadhimi

He worked as a journalist in the 90s and 2000s and at Kinan Makiya's Iraq Memory Foundation in the US and Hussain Al-Sadr's Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation in the UK. He completed a law degree in 2012 in Iraq and was appointed as head of the National Intelligence Service in 2016

His experience is in human rights investigations, journalism, conflict mediation and foreign affairs. He is a left-wing secular nationalist that has cultivated ties in Europe and US and has extensive relationships in the Arab world particularly Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and the Gulf

He worked closely with the Saudis to restore ties after 2016 and developed a good understanding with MBS. Maintains close contact with DC and is politically close to @HaiderAlAbadi and @BarhamSalih. Recently rehabilitated his ties with Iran

Kadhimi's personality is measured, non-confrontational, with emphasis on face-to-face dialogue & relationships. He confronted a corrupt, toxic NIS with patience & turned it around reasonably well. Lacks a political base but non-threatening so more likely to pass than previous two