Editing Muqtada al-Sadr (section)

{{Short description|Iraqi Shia scholar, politician and militia leader (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Muqtada al-Sadr
| image               = Moqtada al-Sader in tehran 2019 (3x4 cropped).jpg
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1974|08|4|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjtZT0NXoAATaY6.jpg|title=بطاقة الناخب مقتدى الصدر|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217043836/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjtZT0NXoAATaY6.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_place         = [[Najaf]], [[Ba'athist Iraq]]
| residence           = Hanana, [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]
| office2             = Leader of the [[Sadrist Movement]]
| term_start2         = 5 December 2003
| term_end2           = 
| predecessor2        = [[Mohammad al-Sadr]]
| party               = [[Sadrist Movement]]
| otherparty          = [[Al-Ahrar Bloc]]<br />(2014–2018)<br />[[Alliance Towards Reforms]] (Saairun)(2018–2021)<ref>{{cite news |author=Hamza Mustafa|date=18 February 2014 |url=http://english.aawsat.com/2014/02/article55329109|title=Iraq: Sadrist resignations threaten new political crisis |work=Asharq Al Awsat|access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528193601/http://english.aawsat.com/2014/02/article55329109 |archive-date=28 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| nationality         = [[Iraqis|Iraqi]]
| caption             = Al-Sadr in [[Tehran]], 2019
| native_name_lang    = ar
| native_name         = {{nobold|مقتدى الصدر}}
| honorific_prefix    = [[Sayyid]]
}}

'''Muqtada al-Sadr''' ({{langx|ar|مقتدى الصدر|Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr}}; born 4 August 1974)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjtZT0NXoAATaY6.jpg |title=بطاقة الناخب مقتدى الصدر |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217043836/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjtZT0NXoAATaY6.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an Iraqi [[Shia|Shia Muslim]] [[Clergy#Islam|cleric]], politician and militia leader. He inherited the leadership of the [[Sadrist Movement]] from [[Muhammad al-Sadr (jurist)|his father]],<ref>{{Cite book |publisher=Saqi |isbn=978-0-86356-883-1|last=Hroub |first=Khaled |title=Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology |date=28 May 2012}}</ref> and founded the now dissolved [[Mahdi Army]] militia in 2003 that resisted the [[Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)|American occupation of Iraq]]. He also founded the [[Promised Day Brigade]] insurgent group after the dissolution of the Mahdi Army; both were backed by Iran. In 2014, he founded the [[Saraya al-Salam|Peace Companies]] militia and serves as its current head. In 2018, he joined his Sadrist political party to the [[Alliance Towards Reforms|Saairun]] alliance, which won the highest number of seats in the [[2018 Iraqi parliamentary election|2018]] and [[2021 Iraqi parliamentary election]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pro-Iran groups seen losing Iraq election and firebrand cleric winning|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/-iran-groups-lose-iraq-election-firebrand-cleric-al-sadr-wins-partial-rcna2885|access-date=12 October 2021|website=NBC News|date=12 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>