Ali al-Shemari

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^{[citation needed]} in the ministry, kidnapped in November 2006.^[1] Both men were cleared of all charges when key witnesses failed to show up after facing alleged intimidation.^[2]

Following the arrest of his deputies, Shemari fled Iraq.^[3]

Political offices
Preceded by Abdel Muttalib Mohammed Ali	Health Minister of Iraq May 20, 2006 - April 16, 2007	Succeeded by Salih al-Hasnawi

See also

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