| Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary | |
| Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Birth Date: | 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Baghdad, Iraq  |
| Death Date: | 1990s |
| Termstart: | 21 May 1946 |
| Termend: | 30 May 1946 |
| Office2: | Minister of Finance |
| Succeeded: | Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali |
| Preceded: | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi |
| Termstart2: | 3 February 1941 |
| Termend2: | 13 April 1941 |
| Primeminister: | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi |
| Primeminister2: | Taha al-Hashimi |
Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary was an Iraqi nationalist-oriented politician,[1] held several posts in the Kingdom of Iraq, including parliamentary and ministerial positions.[2]
He was born in 1901.[3] Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary belongs to the al-Daftary family, a well-known family, including Mahmoud Subhi al-Daftary, Sabih Mumtaz al-Daftary, and Naim Mumtaz al-Daftary, and was married to Ms. Nemat bint Yassin al-Hashemi.[4]
Al-Daftary worked at the Ministry of Finance early in the founding of the Kingdom of Iraq.[5] He was part of Taha al-Hashemi's ministry in 1941.[6] He served as finance minister the same year in the third ministry of Nuri al-Said.
After that, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Ministry of Tawfiq al Souwaidy from May 21, 1946 to May 30, 1946. [7] Then in 1946, he was part of the fourth cabinet of Nuri al-Said, where he served as Minister of works and transportation and a representative of the Liberal Party, but later resigned. Al-Daftary was an opponent of Jabr and supported the 1948 demonstrations.[8]
Al-Daftary was finance minister again in 1948.[9] After the resignation of Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali's ministry in 1954, Nuri al-Said offered him to participate in his ministry, but he apologized, and Nuri al-Said later apologized for the formation of the government that entrusted Arshad al-Omari to form his second cabinet.
In 1957, he served as acting foreign minister in Ali Jawdat al Ayyubi's third ministry. He was reported to have died in 1990s.