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president george w. bush greets dr. raja habib al-khuzaai council created council dissolved shia islam iraq 250px national iraqi alliance doctor , politician member of the governing council رجا حبيب الخزاعي july 2003 image :20040312 -5 012t8724-515h . jpg raja habib al-khuzaai
 28 june 2004 raja habib al-khuzaai
raja habib al-khuzaai

raja habib al-khuzaai was a member of the interim iraq governing council , created following the united states 's 2003 invasion of iraq , and one of only three women on the twenty-five-member governing body .
she has also been a member of the iraqi national assembly , elected under the banner of the united iraqi alliance .
although she lived in the united kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s , she returned to iraq in 1977 .
a shia muslim , al-khuazaai is a medical doctor who currently directs a maternity hospital in the southern iraqi city of diwaniyah .
