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Abdul Karim Burjas al-Rawi was the first post-invasion Governor of Iraq’s Al Anbar province serving until July 2004 when he resigned.Shortly after the invasion in 2003 Sunni tribal leaders and former Ba’athists led by members of the Al-Kharbit (Khalifa) and Al-Gaoud (Nimr) families met to select Karim Burjas a former Ba’athist General as their unofficial leader and new Governor of Anbar Province.