period, ran numerous specialist committees responsible for conducting studies and producing plans, as well as committees negotiating with international oil companies for oil development or other projects. 2001-April 2003: Director General of Planning at the Oil Ministry. From 3 May 2003: Chief Executive Officer of the Oil Ministry. June 2004-May 2005: Minister of Oil under Ayad Allawi government. 30 January 2005: Elected to the National Assembly. 2005-2006: Advisor of Vice President of Iraq Adil Abdul-Mahdi. 2006-2016: Chairman of Prime Minister's Advisers committee under Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his successor Haider al-Abadi. 2016-2018: Adviser of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. 24 October 2018 – 6 May 2020: Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil. Studies and reports Author or co-author of more than 50 studies, patents, reports and technical papers as well as numerous papers and presentations on different aspects of the Iraqi oil industry presented on the occasion of international oil and gas conferences. In 2000 OAPEC granted Thamir Abbas Ghadhban its Distinguished Science Award. References Iraqi Shia Muslims Living people 1945 births Politicians from Karbala Oil ministers of Iraq Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class