Muhammad Fadil al-Jamali (born 1903) was an Iraqi educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who served at various times as foreign minister and premier of Iraq.

Muhammad Fadil al-Jamali was born in 1903 in Kazimayn (hence he is called al-Kazimiyah), site of an important Shiite religious shrine immediately to the north of Baghdad. His father, Shaykh (Sheik) 'Abbas al-Jamali, was a local religious leader of the Shiite sect to which the family belonged. He first entered the mosque school in Kazimayn at age seven to study the Koran but continued his studies in a modern school in Kazimayn and in several different institutions in Baghdad.

Won Coveted Scholarship

Fadil al-Jamali graduated first in his class from the Elementary Teachers' Training College in Baghdad in 1920 and taught for four years. He was then chosen as one of the first six persons to receive scholarships from the Iraqi government to attend the American...