White House Iraq Rep: Economy & Resistance.
Mark Sawaya has been appointed as the US President’s special representative for Iraq, taking on a sensitive mission in one of the most challenging countries in the region. His appointment by Washington is a sign of the United States’ desire to reshape its role in Iraq and exert greater influence over the country’s political and economic decisions.
Sawaya is Iraqi-American and grew up in Michigan. Before entering politics, he was active in private business, especially in emerging industries and commercial investments, and is known in the United States as an entrepreneur.
There is no detailed information about his university education, but his economic background and extensive connections to business and social networks make him a suitable person to advance America’s political and economic goals in Iraq, according to Washington.
Sawaya’s mission in Baghdad has several basic aspects. The first goal is to strengthen the role of the Iraqi central government in controlling the armed forces and reducing the influence of militant groups. In recent years, Washington has repeatedly expressed concern about the influence of these groups in Iraq’s security and political structure, considering them an obstacle to the formation of an independent government aligned with Western interests.