Editing Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli (section)

== Biography ==
A lawyer, a [[Sunni]] Muslim, and a member of the [[National Democratic Party (Iraq)|National Democratic Party]], Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli was appointed Minister of Justice in September 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-09-01 |title=Iraq's post-war cabinet |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3199561.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}</ref> In 2005, he was nominated to the post of Human Rights Minister in the [[Iraqi Transitional Government]] which he turned down, saying he wasn't consulted before being nominated. In May 2006, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the [[Iraqi Governing Council]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-05-22 |title=Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5000750.stm |access-date=2023-05-08}}</ref>

Shibli is also the chairman of the government committee charged with implementing the articles of the [[Constitution of Iraq]] that relate to [[Kirkuk]]'s status.<ref name=aaa/>

Following the leaking of a videotape of the [[execution of Saddam Hussein]], with the detention on January 3, 2007 of a guard under al-Shibli's ministry, suspicions have arisen that his ministry may have intended to inflame sectarian tensions.<ref>{{cite web|
 url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/03/saddam.execution/index.html|
 title=More arrests expected from Hussein execution video |
 accessdate=2007-01-03|
 author=CNN|
 year=2007
}}</ref> He resigned from his post at March 31, 2007, citing political differences with the Prime Minister al-Maliki over the execution of Saddam Hussein and with the Iraqi National List over the future of Kirkuk.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6514897.stm Iraq's justice minister resigns], ''[[BBC]]'', 31 March 2007, accessed on 2 April 2007</ref> However a spokesman for the government said his inability to control abuse at prisons meant he was going to be replaced in a forthcoming reshuffle.<ref name="aaa">[http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=8511 Former Iraqi Justice Minister on Reasons for Stepping Down], ''[[Asharq al-Awsat]]'', 2 April 2007, accessed on 2 April 2007</ref>