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Adil Abdul-Mahdi al-Muntafiki is an Iraqi politician who is the current Prime Minister of Iraq, beginning his term in October 2018. Al-Muntafiki is an economist and was one of the Vice Presidents of Iraq from 2005 to 2011. He formerly served as the Finance Minister in the Interim government and Oil Minister from 2014 to 2016.Abdel-Mahdi is a former member of the powerful Shi'a party the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC.