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Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi is an Iraqi lawyer and former diplomat. He was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations in 2004. He also a legal advisor to the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was one of the main drafters of Iraq's Transitional Administrative Law. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Feisal is a descendant of al-Istrabadi family, a minor elite Iraqi bloodline. This family was close with the Hashemite monarchy of Iraq, including the country’s last king Faisal II. Al-Hajj Mahmoud al-Istrabadi, Feisal’s grandfather, was one of the drafters of Iraq's first constitution in 1925. Bibiya al-Istrabadi, Feisal’s grandmother, tried to smuggle Prime Minister Nuri al-Said to safety during the 1958 coup. However, they were discovered and both killed in the attempt. The family fled Iraq in the aftermath of the 1958 coup. The family briefly moved back to Baghdad before being forced to flee to America once again in response to the aftermath of a Baath Party's coup.
Feisal Amin al Istrabadi at ceus.indiana.edu:
https://ceus.indiana.edu/people/current-faculty/istrabadi-feisal.html
“Professor al-Istrabadi is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
A double alumnus of Indiana University, al-Istrabadi was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations in 2004 and served in the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2012. Amb. al-Istrabadi was principal legal drafter of the Iraqi interim constitution of 2004.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feisal_al-Istrabadi
Feisal is a descendant of al-Istrabadi family, a minor elite Iraqi bloodline. This family was close with the Hashemite monarchy of Iraq, including the country’s last king Faisal II. Al-Hajj Mahmoud al-Istrabadi, Feisal’s grandfather, was one of the drafters of Iraq's first constitution in 1925. Bibiya al-Istrabadi, Feisal’s grandmother, tried to smuggle Prime Minister Nuri al-Said to safety during the 1958 coup. However, they were discovered and both killed in the attempt. The family fled Iraq in the aftermath of the 1958 coup. The family briefly moved back to Baghdad before being forced to flee to America once again in response to the aftermath of a Baath Party's coup.
Feisal Amin al Istrabadi at ceus.indiana.edu:
https://ceus.indiana.edu/people/current-faculty/istrabadi-feisal.html
“Professor al-Istrabadi is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
A double alumnus of Indiana University, al-Istrabadi was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations in 2004 and served in the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2012. Amb. al-Istrabadi was principal legal drafter of the Iraqi interim constitution of 2004.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feisal_al-Istrabadi
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