Ano Abdoka

Ano Jawhar Abdulmaseeh Abdoka (, , , born in 1984 in Ankawa) is Chaldean politician who serves as the Minister of Transportations and Communications of Kurdistan Region of Iraq since July 2019. Before serving as a minister, Abdoka led and still leading Shlama Trend for Christian Affairs in Kurdistan and Iraq, and also leading the biggest Christian Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Alliance and block in Kurdistan Parliament, previously he led the local committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Ankawa Erbil. Abdoka is a Chaldean Catholic and is fluent in Syriac, English, Kurdish and Arabic.
In February 2020, Abdoka took part in an official Kurdish delegation to the Vatican City to meet Pope Francis and strengthen relations.Abdoka graduated with a Masters Degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kurdistan - Hewler UKH, and he is now a Phd candidate at the same University.
Abdoka became one of the founding members of the high committee of helping the IDPs and refugees in Erbil and Ankawa after the ISIS invasion to Mosul and other places.
Abdoka worked as a journalist for 17 years, he supervised the Syriac Christian section of Kurdistan TV for 11 years, and he took the responsibility of the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate - Supervision committee for 6 years as head and a working member. 
Tenure.
Abdoka took his oath on a centuries-old manuscript damaged by ISIS as a symbolic gesture. During his tenure as Minister of Transportations and Communications, the Ministry began reforming the transportation sector by outlawing smoking in taxis and buses. Moreover, the Ministry successfully pushed internet companies to reduce the price of internet and also improve its speed.