Al-Ghabban joined the Iraqi opposition in 1981 after his detention by Saddam 's regime in 1979 . He actively participated in various activities of the opposition against the former regime whilst in Iraq and in exile . He returned to Iraq shortly after the fall of the former regime , and participated in numerous political initiatives to rebuild what was destroyed by the previous regime . From 2006 to 2010 , he was the director of the private office to the Chairman of the Security and Defense committee of the Council of Representatives . In 2010 , he was adviser to the Office of Presidency . Post 2010 elections , he was nominated for the post of Minister of Transport . From 2010 to 2014 he was the adviser to the Minister of Transport . In 2014 , he was elected member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives ( 3rd term ) for the province of Baghdad . In October 2014 , Al-Ghabban was nominated for the post of Minister of Interior . On 18 October 2014 he won the majority vote at the council of representatives and approved as minister of interior by a 197-63 vote . On 5 July 2016 , two days after the Baghdad bombing in which 323 civilians died , he resigned in protest at the imbalance in the management of the internal security file and stripping the Ministry of the Interior of its powers by intersection of security authorities
Baghdad bombing
2016 Karrada bombing
Mohammed Al-Ghabban