Abdul Latif Rashid

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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1. When was Abdul Latif Rashid born?August 10, 1944
2. Where was Abdul Latif Rashid born?Iraq
3. What is the current office?President of Iraq
4. What is the previous ministerial role?Minister of Water Resources (September 2003 - December 2010)
5. Who is Abdul Latif Rashid?He is the President of Iraq, the head of the country. He was born on August 10, 1944, and has worked in many important jobs.
6. What did he do as Minister of Water Resources?He helped Iraq manage water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. He worked on irrigation, clean water, flood control, and fixing the Mesopotamian Marshes.

Head of State: The chief public representative of a country, embodying its national identity and sovereignty.
Water Resource Management: The activity of planning, developing, distributing, and managing the optimum use of water resources.
Hydropower: The generation of electricity from the kinetic energy of moving water, typically through dams and turbines.
Environmental Restoration: The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.