Back مقتدى الصدر Arabic مقتدى الصدر ARZ Müqtəda əs-Sədr Azerbaijani مقتدی صدر AZB Муктада ас-Садр Byelorussian Муктада ал-Садр Bulgarian মুক্তাদা আস-সাদ্র Bengali/Bangla Muqtada al-Sadr Catalan موقتەدا سەدر CKB Muktada Sadr Czech
Muqtada al-Sadr | |
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مقتدى الصدر | |
.jpg) Al-Sadr in 2019 | |
| Leader of the Sadrist Movement | |
| Assumed office 5 December 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad al-Sadr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1974[1] Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq |
| Political party | Sadrist Movement |
| Other political affiliations | Al-Ahrar Bloc (2014–2018) Alliance Towards Reforms (Saairun)(2018–2021)[2] |
| Residence(s) | Hanana, Najaf, Iraq |
Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974)[3] is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader. He inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father.[4] He founded the now dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted the American occupation of Iraq. He also founded the Promised Day Brigade militia after the dissolution of the Mahdi Army; both were backed by Iran. In 2014, he founded the Peace Companies militia and is its current head. In 2018, he joined his Sadrist political party to the Saairun alliance, which won the highest number of seats in the 2018 and 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections.[5]
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