[2] He graduated in 1970 from the University of Baghdad with a Bachelor of Science from the Mechanical Engineering Department.
[2] Samarrai lived in exile in Leeds Britain in 1995, when he was elected secretary-general of the party.
[3] Prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq he was appointed to the American-backed opposition Follow-Up and Arrangement Committee.
In September 2006, he was appointed as a member/ second deputy chairman of parliamentary review committee considering amendments to the constitution of Iraq.
In July 2007, he was elected head of the Iraqi Accordance Front parliamentary group, replacing Adnan al-Dulaimi.