At the time of her election, she was the only Christian Minister in Iraq, and the second Assyrian woman to have been in the Iraqi government after Pascal Esho Warda.
She graduated from Salahaddin University-Erbil, earning a bachelor's in Chemistry and a master's degree in Biochemistry, becoming a lecturer before her foray into politics.
[6] In the same year, Butrus participated in the December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election for the Erbil governorate, under the Rafidain List.
This time, the coalition was the most successful during the election, receiving a total of 28,095 and allowing Butrus to win a seat for the ADM alongside Yonadam Kanna and a third candidate.
[8] During her time as a member of parliament, Butrus stressed the recognition of the Assyrian people in Iraq and their rights to equal citizenship without discrimination of their unique background.