ul - M ah di ' s ▁cabinet . ▁He ▁was ▁nominated ▁to ▁the ▁post ▁by ▁the ▁al - W at ani ya ▁coal ition , ▁led ▁by ▁former ▁prime ▁minister ▁and ▁then ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁Ira q ▁Ay ad ▁Al la wi . ▁ ▁Re ports ▁of ▁dual ▁Ira qi - S wed ish ▁citizens hip ▁and ▁criminal ▁charges ▁in ▁Sweden ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁nom ination ▁of ▁al - Sh amm ari ▁as ▁a ▁candidate ▁for ▁the ▁post ▁of ▁defence ▁minister , ▁there ▁were ▁reports ▁in ▁Ira qi ▁media ▁that ▁al - Sh amm ari ▁has ▁dual ▁Ira qi - S wed ish ▁citizens hip . ▁The ▁claims ▁were ▁rejected ▁as ▁false ▁by ▁a ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁al - W at ani ya ▁coal ition . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Swedish ▁news ▁website ▁Ny h eter ▁Id ag ▁reported ▁that ▁al - Sh amm ari ▁is ▁a ▁Swedish ▁citiz en ▁registered ▁as ▁a ▁resident ▁in ▁a ▁Stockholm ▁sub urb ▁under ▁an ▁alternative ▁surname ▁( this ▁surname ▁was ▁reported ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁al - Sh amm ari ' s ▁cl an ▁within ▁the ▁Sh am mar ▁tribe ). ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁report , ▁which ▁was ▁confirmed ▁by ▁Swedish ▁authorities , ▁al - Sh amm ari ▁applied ▁for ▁a ▁residence ▁permit ▁in ▁Sweden ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁Swedish ▁citiz en ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁reported ▁that ▁al