People & Institutions

Abdul Falah Hassan Hadi al-Sudani

عبد الفلاح حسن هادي السوداني

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Legal status as of 4 October 2026

Pardoned or amnestied

Released or cleared under a pardon or amnesty.

What the documents say

Detained 30 May 2009; charges dropped 2010; convicted in absentia (7 years, 2012 and November 2015); arrested in Beirut September 2017, handed over 25 January 2018; sentenced February 2018 to 21 years in three cases; November 2018 amnesty (Law of 2016, amended) applied to one Art. 331 conviction and release ordered as far as that case is concerned. Full current status is not on record.

Kind: Person
Roles: Minister of Trade (from 2006 to 2009)

Cases

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Cases
Case	Role	Status in this case	Detail	As of
Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)	Minister of Trade (from 2006 to 2009)	Pardoned or amnestied	Detained 30 May 2009; charges dropped 2010; convicted in absentia (7 years, 2012 and November 2015); arrested in Beirut September 2017, handed over 25 January 2018; sentenced February 2018 to 21 years in three cases; November 2018 amnesty (Law of 2016, amended) applied to one Art. 331 conviction and release ordered as far as that case is concerned. Full current status is not on record.	25 September 2026

In the registers

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Public office

Public office
Post	Government	Period	Sources
Minister of Education	Transitional government of al-Jaafari	From May 2005 to May 2006	en.wikipedia.org ar.wikipedia.org cfr.org
Minister of Trade	First government of al-Maliki Islamic Dawa Party, Iraq Organisation (United Iraqi Alliance)	From May 2006 to May 2009	en.wikipedia.org ar.wikipedia.org

Dated events

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30 May 2009
ArrestedPlane turned back; detained
September 2010
Charges dropped or case closedAppeals court dismissed case (lack of evidence)
November 2015
Convicted in absentia7 years (Karbala court)
12 February 2018
Convicted21 years in three cases
28 November 2018
Pardoned or amnestiedAmnesty applied to one case (Rusafa)

Documents

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Washington Post (Nada Bakri)31 May 2009Press reportTier D
Iraq's Ex-Trade Minister, Abdul Falah al-Sudani, Detained in Graft Investigation
Iraqi authorities detained the former trade minister on graft charges Saturday after ordering the plane in which he was traveling to turn around
Case: Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)
Original Archived copy
Musings on Iraq (blog, Joel Wing)9 September 2010Press reportTier D
Appeals Court Throws Out Case Against Iraq's Former Trade Minister
The charges were dropped for a lack of evidence.
Case: Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)
Original
Musings on Iraq (blog, Joel Wing)16 December 2015Press reportTier D
Iraq's Former Trade Minister Finally Convicted Of Corruption But In Absentia
a court in Karbala sentenced former Trade Minister Abdul Falah Sudani to seven years in absentia
Case: Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)
Original
The National (Mina Aldroubi)25 January 2018Press reportTier D
Iraqi minister who fled corruption charges snared
was sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison in 2012
Case: Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)
Original
The New Arab (AFP)13 February 2018Press reportTier D
Iraq sentences ex-minister to 21 years for corruption
Interpol handed him over to Iraqi authorities on January 25.
Case: Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)
Original Archived copy
Arabi21 (reproducing Rusafa court document)28 November 2018Press reportTier D
القضاء العراقي يفرج عن وزير سابق متهم بقضايا فساد كبيرة
فقد قررت اللجنة شموله بقانون العفو العام النافذ
Case: Legal shields for corruption: Article 136(b) ministerial veto (to 2011) and general amnesty laws (2008, 2016, 2025 amendment)
فقد قررت اللجنة شموله بقانون العفو العام النافذ
Case: Ministry of Trade food-ration (Public Distribution System) scandal and Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani (from 2006 to 2018)
Original