Kadhim Finjan al Hammami
Minister of Transport (Iraq)
Assumed office
16 August 2016
Personal details
Born (1958-05-01) 1 May 1958
Basra
OccupationPolitician, iraqi minister of transport

Kadhim Finjan al Hammami (Arabic: كاظم فنجان الحمامي; born 1 May 1958) is an Iraqi politician who is now the position of the Iraqi Minister of Transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Controversial comments

In 2016, al Hammami caused controversy during an inauguration of an airport in Dhi Qar Governorate, when he said that Sumerians had a port where spaceships could fly to other planets in 5000 BC,[7] based on writings of Zecharia Sitchin, Samuel Noah Kramer and H. G. Wells.[8] Later on, he claimed that Noah's Ark embarked from Nasiriyah.[9]

Specialized certificates

  • Certificate of Maritime Extension (equivalent to Bachelor).
  • Bachelor of Science.
  • Maritime arbitration certificate from Basra court.

Career progression

  • Work on sea drilling vessels from 1973 to 1975.
  • A third naval guide on ships coming to Iraq from 1975 to 1977.
  • Second naval guide on ships coming to Iraq from 1977 to 1978.
  • First naval guide on ships coming to Iraq from 1978 to 1980.

Academic work

  • Teaching at the Vocational Training Center of the Naval Academy for the period from 1980 to 1988.

Graduation in positions

  • Director of the Scientific Follow-up Unit for the period from 1993 to 1998
  • Director of the Marine Inspection Department for the period from 2000 to 2004
  • Assistant Director General of Ports for the period from 2004 to 2006
  • Director of Khor Al Zubair Port for the period from 2006 to 2007
  • He is currently the Director of Maritime Control and Field Officer for the movements of ships and tankers coming and leaving to and from Iraqi ports.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "وزير النقل الجديد كاظم فنجان يباشر مهام عمله رسمياً". www.alrasheedmedia.com.
  2. ↑ "وزير عراقي كاد أن يتسبب في كارثة جوية: وزير النقل العراقي كاظم فنجان الحمامي". arabyexpressnews.com (in Arabic).
  3. ↑ Al-awsat, Asharq (25 July 2017). "Saudi Arabia Starts Repairing Crossing with Iraq – ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive".
  4. ↑ "بالفيديو: كاظم فنجان يستلم مهام وزارة النقل رسميًا". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 17 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "وزير النقل الجديد كاظم فنجان :سنجعل البصرة تتفوق على كل مدن الخليج – شبكة عراق الخير". www.iraqkhair.com.
  6. ↑ "وزير النقل يكشف عن خطة تطوير الخطوط الجوية العراقية | وكالة الناظر الاخبارية - Nna". Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Iraqi transport minister claims first airport was built 7,000 years ago in Iraq by ancient Sumerians". Independent. 1 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Iraqi transport minister's 7,000 year airport claim mocked". Middle East Monitor. 1 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "فيديو.. سفينة نوح انطلقت من مطار الناصرية". pukmedia.com (in Arabic). 12 March 2017.


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