Iraq: Dhia Jaafar, new Director-General of South Oil Company (SOC)note

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki approved the appointment of Dhia Jaafar as Director-General of state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) in place of Fayyad Hasan Neeme Al-Mussawi who was removed from his position on 29/7/09 for having problems with Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani. The following 422-word report gives a brief about Jaafar, his political adherence, his career, his personality and his views.[Updated on August 4, 2009]