Adnan al-Zurfi (Arabic: عدنان الزرفي) was chosen as the new prime minister-designate on 17 March 2020 by Iraqi President Barham Salih after Mohammad Allawi withdrew his nomination.
[1] Al-Zurfi withdrew from forming a new government on 9 April 2020.
[3] As a result of his willingness to work with the Iraqi government and the coalition he and his family were targeted by insurgents and militias.
His uncle was killed in April 2004,[4] and his brother was kidnapped in Kufra on 1 December 2005, just prior to the 2009 governorate elections, in which Zurfi was running.
[5] A member of the Bani Hassan tribe, al-Zurfi earned a degree in Islamic law at Alfik College, the Islamic jurisprudence college, in Najaf.