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Ali al-Shemari is an Iraqi politician from the Sadrist Movement who was the Health Minister of Iraq from May 20, 2006, until April 16, 2007.

Al-Shemari's deputy, Hakim al-Zamili, and his security chief, Hamid al-Shammari, were arrested and tried in 2007 on claims they ran a death squad that attacked Sunni Arabs patients and visitors in Health Ministry hospitals. Among their supposed victims was Ammar al-Saffar, another deputy health minister who was preparing to expose corruption in the ministry, kidnapped in November 2006. Both men were cleared of all charges when key witnesses failed to show up after facing alleged intimidation.

Following the arrest of his deputies, Shemari fled Iraq.

See also

• Council of Ministers of Iraq
• Iraqi Health Ministry casualty survey
• Casualties of the Iraq War
• Iraq War

References

1. Gordon, Michael R. (16 November 2007). "Iraqi Premier Wants Trial of 2 Shiites in Killings (Published 2007)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17.
2. "Iraq's Sadrists demand U.S. release former minister". March 4, 2008. The Washington Post.
3. Cholera Outbreak Highlights Iraq's Plight

• Living people
• Health ministers of Iraq
• Iraq War casualties