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Basimah Yusuf Butrus

Professor Basimah Yusuf Butrus (Syriac: ܒܐܣܡܐ ܝܘܣܦ ܦܛܪܘܣ‎) (or Basmah Yousif Putros) (born 1963, in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan) is an Iraqi Assyrian politician who was Minister of Science and Technology in the Iraqi Transitional Government from May 2005 until May 2006. She was then the only Christian Minister in Iraq. She graduated from Salahaddin University-Erbil, earning master's degree in Biochemistry. Religiously, Basmah belongs to the Chaldean Catholic Church and politically is part of the Assyrian Democratic Movement.[1] She is a human rights activist in Iraqi Kurdistan and is a member of the Catholic humanitarian organization named Caritas.

Basimah was elected into the Iraq parliament on March 8, 2010. She was the only Christian woman in the parliament.

References

  1. ^ Zinda 3 December 2005
Preceded by
Rashad Mandan Omar 		Minister of Science and Technology
May 2005 - May 2006 		Succeeded by
Raed Fahmy Jahid
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