Curriculum Vitae

02 May
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AMBASSADOR LUKMAN AL-FAILY

I. General Information:

  • Date & Place of birth: Baghdad, Iraq 1966
  • Nationality: Iraqi
  • Social Status: Married to Mrs Lameis AL-AMEERI with five children
  • X: @FailyLukman 

 II. Academic Certificates:

  • Master Business Administration, MBA, Technology Management (2006).
  • Postgraduate Diploma Computing for Commerce and Industry (2007).
  • Bachelor Computing Science and Mathematics (1988).
  • Member of the Institute of Project Management (PMP).

III. Administrative Posts:

  • 08/2021 – 07/2025   Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the Federal Republic of Germany.                           
  • 09/2020 – 08/2021    Chief of Staff, Bureau Minister of Foreign Affairs, MFA, Baghdad, Iraq.                                        
  • 09/2019 – 08/2021    Head of America Department, MFA, Baghdad, Iraq.  
  • 09/2019 – 11/2020    Head of the Legal Department, MFA, Baghdad, Iraq.  
  • 11/2018 – 09/2019    Official Spokesman of the President of the Republic of Iraq.                                      
  • 07/2016 – 10/2018    Communication, Business and Strategic Planning, Consultant in UK and Iraq.
  • 06/2013 – 06/2016    Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the USA, Washington DC.
  • 06/2010 – 05/2013     Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Japan, Tokyo.
  • 06/2006 – 06/2009     Program Manager for Information Technology, EDS Ltd. (recently HP) UK.

IV. Language Skills: 

  • Kurdish –  Mother Tongue.
  • Arabic   –  Fluent.
  • English  –  Fluent.

V.  Publications:

  • 2016     L. Faily  Paper: Social Harmony: An Iraqi Perspective.
  • 2019     L. Faily  Book:  Building Iraq: – Reality, External Relation and the Dream of Democracy.
  • 2021     L. Faily  Book:  Between Two Generations, a novel.
  • 2022     L. Faily  Book:  Weimar Republic and its lessons for Iraq.
  • 2023     L. Faily  Paper: Strategic insight, A necessary skill for future transformation.
  • 2024     L. Faily  Book:  The Iraqi Character: Between Cafés, Palaces, and Minarets.
  • 2025     L. Faily  Paper: Developing Iraqi Think Tanks.

Ambassador Faily has also published in Arabic and English many papers, articles in many western and Iraqi media outlets and newspapers.