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IRAQ'S CORRUPTION
العربية
People & Institutions

Luay al-Khateeb (Luay Al-Khatteeb)

لؤي الخطيب
The Arabic spelling is a transliteration, not taken from an Arabic source.

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Legal status as of 4 October 2026

Convicted (reported)

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What the documents say

Placed under an Integrity Commission travel ban in 2020 pending investigation into the hiring of 82,555 daily-wage workers; on 22 April 2022 (verdict dated 21 April 2022 according to Alsumaria) a Baghdad court gave him a one-year suspended sentence and a 1m-dinar fine, alongside three co-accused former ministry officials, over award of an $808m power-station rehabilitation and management contract to a company the Integrity Commission said was 'not specialised' in that work. Al-Khateeb said the sentence reflected employee negligence rather than corruption, that the contract was never implemented, and that he would appeal.

Kind
Person
Roles
  • Electricity minister, from October 2018 to May 2020

Cases

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Cases
CaseRoleStatus in this caseDetailAs of
Luay al-Khateeb: suspended sentence over an $808m Baghdad power-station contract (2022)Electricity minister, from October 2018 to May 2020Convicted (reported)Placed under an Integrity Commission travel ban in 2020 pending investigation into the hiring of 82,555 daily-wage workers; on 22 April 2022 (verdict dated 21 April 2022 according to Alsumaria) a Baghdad court gave him a one-year suspended sentence and a 1m-dinar fine, alongside three co-accused former ministry officials, over award of an $808m power-station rehabilitation and management contract to a company the Integrity Commission said was 'not specialised' in that work. Al-Khateeb said the sentence reflected employee negligence rather than corruption, that the contract was never implemented, and that he would appeal.28 September 2026

In the registers

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Public office

Public office
PostGovernmentPeriodSources
Minister of ElectricityGovernment of Abdul-Mahdi
Independent
From October 2018 to May 2020en.wikipedia.orgar.wikipedia.org

Dated events

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  1. 2020
    ArrestedIntegrity Commission travel ban and home raid
  2. 21 April 2022
    Convicted (reported)One-year suspended sentence plus fine

Documents

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  1. The National22 April 2022Press reportTier D

    Iraq's former electricity minister handed suspended prison sentence

    deliberate irregularities in awarding the contract to a company not specialised in the maintenance and rehabilitation of power stations
    Original
  2. Alsumaria TV21 April 2022Press reportTier D

    النزاهة: الحكم حضوريا على وزير الكهرباء الأسبق وثلاثة مسؤولين في الوزارة (Integrity: in-person verdict against the former electricity minister and three ministry officials)

    ارتكبوا أثناء عملهم في الوزارة مُخالفاتٍ في العقد (they committed violations in the contract during their work at the ministry); contract value $808,345,462
    Original