Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi

Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi (Arabic: علي جودت الأيوبي; November 11, 1886 – March 3, 1969) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1934–1935, 1949–1950, and in the latter half of 1957.

At a young age, Ali was dispatched by his parents from the town of Beaji where they lived, on a ten-day boat trip to Baghdad, where he stayed in the care of an aunt and attended the Rashidiyeh military school.

Upon graduation, he went by camel and ship to Istanbul where he attended the Military College with other Iraqis, including Ja'far al-Askari, Nuri al-Said, Jamil al-Midfai and Yasin al-Hashimi.

[citation needed] The Iraqi monarchy, represented by King Faisal II, was toppled in the 14 July Revolution led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, driven by months of intensive radio propaganda by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's Voice of the Arabs.

[citation needed] While Military Governor of Aleppo and Homs in 1919, he met and married Nazik Tahseen, and they had three children, Nizar, Selwa and Nameer.