Baghdad Advisory City Council

Selection of Finalists-Baghdad City Mayor

Sunday, 18 April 2004

9:00 Check in

10:00 Roll Call

10:10 Remarks – Council Chairman, Khudair Abbas

10:15 Remarks – Deputy Mayor Ibrahim

10:20 Remarks – District Council Chairman

10:25 Remarks – Selection Committee Chairman Sheikh Baqr al-Suheil. Includes description of Committee work, introduction of the candidates.

10:40 Candidate presentations (in alphabetical order). Time per candidate capped at 20
minutes. Each to speak for 10 minutes, then to answer questions for 10 minutes.

10:40-11:00 Candidate 1 – Dr. Ihsan Mohammed Lutf Allah Shirzad
11:00-11:20 Candidate 2 – Dr. Alaa Mahmood al-Tamimi
11:20-11:40 Candidate 3 – Eng. Ali Radhi al-Haidari
11:40-12:00 Candidate 4 – Eng. Omar Rasheed al-Qaraghuli
12:00-12:20 Candidate 5 – Dr. Omar Farooq al-Damaluji
12:20-12:40 Candidate 6 – Dr. Faris Abdul Kareem Kubba
12:40-13:00 Candidate 7 – Dr. Fa’iq Abbas Tawfiq al-Bidhawi
13:00-13:20 Candidate 8 – Dr. Hisham Hameed al-Ani

13:30 Lunch. Council members sequestered in the Mayor’s waiting room and the
courtyard to deliberate on the candidates informally. Candidates - and staff
familiar with the selection process - will be available for media interviews.

14:25 Call to take seats.

14:30 1st round of voting to select top five.

14:40 Tally 1st round votes.

14:50 2nd round of voting to select top three.

15:00 Tally 2nd round votes

15:15 Three minute speech for each of the top three vote-getters.

15:30 Final round of voting to rank order the top three.

15:40 Tally & count final votes.

15:50 Thanks you speech by the top voter-getter.

16:00 Final remarks by the City Council Chairman.

16:10 Adjournment.