The Anbar governorate election was held in June 2013, amidst on-going demonstrations in Sunni Arab majority areas.
The previous governor, Qasim Al-Fahdawi, was a businessman who had been nominated by the Awakening parties that had won the 2009 elections.
He served 2007-09 as Director of Internal Security for Al-Anbar Governorate, and before that as an instructor at the Iraqi Military Academy.
Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi, a protest organizer from the Iraqi Islamic Party, was eventually chosen as the new Governor.
[1] Ahmad Khalaf al-Dulaimi was wounded in the head and chest on September 7, 2014 during an operation against anti-government forces in the town of Barwana, al-Anbar Province.