Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim in an Iraqi theologian and politician, and the leader of the SIIC. It is the largest political party in the Iraqi Council of Representatives. He became the leader in 2003 after his brother was assassinated by a bomb that killed 85 others. He was the top candidate for the United Iraqi Coalition in January 2005, but he was not chosen beacuse the Aliance decided not to include theologians into the government. On December 4, 2006 he met with president George W Bush and made a commitment to help stop the violence.
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Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, (Norton, 2006), p.192
