US embassy cable - 05AMMAN7858

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 AMMAN 007858 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ECA/PE/V/R/N (SABED-KOTOB, EDIGGINS); NEA/PPD (DBENZE); 
NEA/ELA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, JO 
SUBJECT:  FY-2006 RP: "WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS 
LEADERS"- JANUARY 9 - 27, 2006 
 
 
1.  THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES DR. 
SAWSAN AL-SHARIFI FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 
 
2.  DR. AL-SHARIFI HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR 
HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 
 
3.  FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: 
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POST-EMAIL: ALDADAWM@STATE.GOV 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 275 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGN-2006-0014 
PROJ-NAME: WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS-IRAQ 
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PROJ-TYPE: REGIONAL 
PROG-TYPE: IV GRANT VISITOR 
FY: 2006 
DEPART-POST: 01/07/2006 
SESSION-DATE: 01/09/2006 
RETURN-POST: 01/28/2006 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2887 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: U 
SUBJ-DISC: ECONOMIC & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
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PREFIX: DR. 
F-NAME: SAWSAN 
M-NAME: ALI MAGID 
L-NAME: AL-SHARIFI 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 100 
PRINCIPAL: YES 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 07/01/1955 
MAR-STAT: 
BIRTH-CITY: BAGHDAD 
BIRTH-CNTRY: IRAQ 
CITIZ-CNTRY: IRAQ 
RES-CNTRY: IRAQ 
START MEMO POSITION: 
CHAIRPERSON OF THE TNA'S COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 
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END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
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MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
NONE 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
MASTERS AND PHD FROM UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
NONE 
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NONE 
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FIRST-LANG: ARABIC 
ENGL-READ: 5 
ENGL-SPEAK: 5 
ENGL-COMP: 5 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: ANITA KATIAL 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
DR. SAWSAN WOULD BE AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THE WOMEN AS 
ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS PROGRAM IN JANUARY 2006; SHE 
HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN IRAQI WOMEN'S ISSUES 
THROUGHOUT HER GOVERNMENT CAREER; SHE HAS SERVED IN THE 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN VARIOUS LEVELS OF INCREASING 
RESPONSIBILITY AND VISIBILITY TO IRAQIS AND THE WORLD FROM 
SENIOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER TO DEPUTY MINISTER OF 
AGRICULTURE, AND FINALLY AS MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE UNDER 
THE ITG; RECENTLY, SAWSAN WAS APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE 
IRAQI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE TNA'S 
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE; IN HER CURRENT ROLE, SAWSAN WILL 
WORK TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THE EXPANSION OF IRAQ'S 
AGRICULTURE SECTOR THROUGH PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF 
INVESTMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION, AS WELL AS 
CONTRIBUTE TO FORMULATING IRAQ'S AGRICULTURAL POLICY. 
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SPEAKER: NO 
NOTIFY-EMB: YES 
MEDIA: NO 
HOME-STAY: NO 
HOME-HOSP: YES 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 625 
PERSON-ID: 623 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
RES-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
FIRST-LANG-ID: AR 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 2887 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 0 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0699 
SPONS-FUNDS: 8000 
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USGOVT-AGENCY2: 
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 
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