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.





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.