The Governor

Biography of His Excellency Governor Nizar Nasser Hussein

• Deputy head of Iraqi Anti-money Laundering and Countering the financing of terrorism council
• Deputy head of Terrorism Fund Freezing Committee (TFFC).
• Member of follow-up and executive National Team of Anti-terrorism national strategy.
• Member of National committee of counter terrorism at the National Security Advisory.
• Member of follow-up and executive National Team of United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Previous positions:

• Attorney at Legal Department /Iraqi Ministry of Trade since 1999.
• Head of the Legal Advisory department/ Ministry of Trade from 2006 to 2008.
• Deputy Director-General of the Legal Directorate/Ministry of Trade from 2008 to May 2010.
• Member of the Central Contracts Committee at the Ministry of Trade from 2006 to 2010.
• Member of the blacklisting committee at the Ministry of Planning, representing the Ministry of Trade
• Deputy Director-General of the Legal and Administrative Directorate/Iraq National Investment Commission from 2010 to 2016
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Public Housing Authority/ Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction 2011 to 2013.
• Director-General of Legal Directorate/ Iraq National Investment Commission from 2016 to 2018.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Law, from School of Law/ AL-Nahrain University/Baghdad -IRAQ, 1996.
• Master in International Trade Law from University of Leicester/Leicester-United Kingdom 2015.

Research and Studies:

• Principles of international trade law, and their relevance to the actual practices of commercial parties.
• Impact of GATS on trade liberalization in developing countries.
• Development of the concept and scope of the standard of fair and equitable treatment in international investment law.
• Concepts development of non-discrimination and full protection and its relationship with the World Trade Organization.
• The threat posed by bilateral and regional agreements to the existence of the World Trade Organization.
• Modern Traders Act.
• Impact of international grants on legislation in post-conflict States.
• BOT contract and its role in attracting FDI (FDI).

Participations: Have participated as a member in several committees involved in:

• Drafting amendment to the Iraqi Companies Act No. 21 of 1997, representing the Ministry of trade.
• Drafting The Iraqi Customs Act No. 22 of 2010 represents the Ministry of Trade.
• Electronic Signature and Transactions Act No. 78 of 2012, representing the Ministry of Trade.
• Ministry of Trade Act No. 37 of 2011, representing the Ministry of Trade.
• The Second Amendment Act to the Investment Act No. 50 of 2015 is represented by the National Investment Commission.
• Participation in the drafting of various regulations, including Regulation No. 7 of 2010 (Iraqi Regulation of Selling and Lease of public owned Real Estate for Investment Purposes).