Chairpersons

Biographies of ACINET Chairs 

Dr. Salah Nuri KHALAF, head of the Federal Audit Bureau is the Acting President of ACINET succeeding Judge Izzat Tawfiq Jaafar, former head of the Integrity Commission, in the waiting for the appointment of a new President. Dr. Khalaf worked in the Federal Audit Bureau for nearly 40 years from graduation until now. He was appointed to the position of Head of the Bureau in 2016. He was appointed head of the Securities Commission from 2016 until 2018 and heads the Integrity Commission since March 2019. Dr. Khalaf is a lecturer at the Higher Institute of Accounting and Financial Studies at Baghdad University since 2010. He was a lecturer at the Arab Institute of Certified Accountants between 2009 and 2016. Dr. Khalaf holds a doctorate in legal accounting from the University of Baghdad in 2004. 

Izzat Toufic JAFFAR chaired ACINET during its sixth session (2018-2019), in his capacity as the President of the Commission of Integrity in Iraq, a position he held from July 2018 until his death in March 2019. Prior to that, he worked in several courts after his graduation from the Judicial Institute in Baghdad in 2000. He was then assigned to work in the consulting department of the Council of Ministers from 2005 till 2008 when he was transferred to become the first judge in the Court of Dahuk in Kurdistan. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Integrity Commission in 2009, where he chaired several high investigative and technical committees. One of his most important tasks was to oversee investigations, recovery of assets, legal acts, and disclosure of assets. Jaafar holds a bachelor’s degree of Law from the University of Mosul in 1992 and worked as a lawyer until 1997.

 Hassan ALYASIRI chaired ACINET during its sixth session (2018), in his capacity as the President of the Commission of Integrity in Iraq until resignation in May 2018. Prior to that, he held several positions including a member of the Iraqi Parliament, a legal adviser to the Presidency of the Iraqi Committee of Constitution Writing and the Constitutional Review Committee. He also served as a legal expert at the Iraqi Transitional National Assembly and as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law at Ahl al-Bayt University. He also served as Vice-President of the First Conference of States Parties to the Arab Convention against Corruption 2016-2017. Yasiri holds a Doctorate degree in Law from the University of Baghdad. 

  Obaid ALBREIKI chaired ACINET during its fifth session (2016-2017) in his capacity as Minister of Public Service and Governance until his resignation in February 2017. He held a number of positions in Unions, most recently the official spokesman and deputy secretary-general of the Tunisian General Union of Labor in 2011.After the Tunisian revolution In 2011, he became a member of the Supreme Commission to achieve the objectives of the revolution, political reform and democratic transition as a representative of the Union of Labor. He was appointed as Minister of Public Service and Governance in the Government of Yousef Al Shahid between 27 August 2016 and 25 February 2017.

Ashraf RIFI chaired ACINET for the end of its fourth session (2014-2015), in his capacity as Lebanon’s Minister of Justice, a position he holds since February 2014. He entered the military school in 1973 and graduated with the rank of lieutenant in 1976, and has been promoted to the rank of Major General, and was appointed director general of the Internal Security Forces from 2005 to 2013. RIFI holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Sociology from the Lebanese University in 1981 and a BA in Social Sciences from the same university on 1980. 

Chakib CORTBAOUI chaired ACINET during its fourth session (2013-2014), in his capacity as Lebanon’s Minister of Justice, a position he occupied from 2011 until February 2014, before being replaced by Ashraf RIFI. He works as an appeals lawyer since 1970 and established a law firm in the 1980s in which he is still a partner. CORTBAOUI was elected President of the Beirut Bar Association from 1995 to 1997, and a member of the Bar Council from 1989 to 1992. He holds a BA in Law from Saint Joseph University in Lebanon in 1967. 

Abdessalam ABOUDRAR chaired ACINET during its third session (2012-2013) in his capacity as President of the Central Authority for Corruption Prevention (ICPC) in Morocco, a position he holds since 2008. Prior to that, he worked as a civil engineer and occupied several positions in both the public and private sectors. He was appointed member of the Deposit and Management Fund (CDG) in which he held various positions before becoming its Deputy Director-General. He is also active in a number of professional and scientific associations and in civil society organizations such as Transparency Morocco of which he is a founding member, and in the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) in which he held the position of Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission. ABOUDRAR graduated as a civil engineer from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris in 1973 and as an Economist from the University of Rabat in 1980 as he has an MBA from ENPC in Paris in 2000.  

Ahmad AL ANISI chaired ACINET’s during its second session (2010-2011) in his capacity as Chairman of the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption in Yemen, a position he held from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, he was elected to Parliament for two consecutive terms from 1993 to 2003, and was appointed to several cabinet positions including the Ministry of Education from 1988 to 1990 and the Ministry of Telecommunications from 1990 to 2001. Al ANISI holds a Master’s in Telecommunications Engineering from the International Science and Technology University inKiev in 1967, and a Diploma in Civil Aviation Management and Safety from the Federal Republic of Germany in 1976 and a Bachelor in Communications from the Department of Communications and Post in Taez in 1958.  

Abed EL SHAKHANBEH chaired ACINET’s founding activities in 2008, and was then chosen to be its first Chairman during the first session (2009-2010), in his capacity as Chairman of Jordan’s Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC), a position he held from 2007 to 2010. In late 2013 he was appointed member of the Senate, and is currently a part-time lecturer in a number of Jordanian universities, a barrister in Jordanian courts, and a member of the Civil Service Bureau. Prior to that, he had been appointed Minister of State for Legal Affairs in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and Minister of Justice in 2005 and 2006. EL SHAKHANBEH holds a PhD in Business Law and Commerce from Cairo University in 1992 and a Masters in Law from the University of Jordan in 1988 and a BA in Law from University of Damascus in 1972.