Ali Fadel al-Misir is an Iraqi politician who was the Governor of Baghdad Province from December 2004 to January 2005.

Two candidates on Sheik Yawar's slate were assassinated in recent weeks - one the governor of Baghdad Province, the other a sheik from Karbala.

The early results for Baghdad Province, the most diverse in the country, provided the strongest indication of the religious nature of the voting.

Gunmen assassinated the governor of Baghdad Province on Tuesday as insurgents pressed a campaign to derail elections scheduled for Jan. 30.

However, his list won 36,000 votes, enough to obtain one seat for Baghdad Province, in the December 2005 election.

Earlier on Monday, gunmen ambushed and killed the deputy governor of Baghdad Province, Hatim Kamil, as he drove to work.

The Sons of Iraq were started by the US military outside of Anbar, in neighboring Diyala and Baghdad Provinces.

He is a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq from Baghdad Province.

The final step in the establishment of the system of local government for Baghdad Province was the election of the Baghdad Provincial Council.

This system of 127 separate councils may seem overly cumbersome but Baghdad Province is home to approximately seven million people.