BAGHDAD

Ahmed Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician, died on Tuesday at the age of 70.

Chalabi, a serving member of parliament and head of the National Congress Party (NCP), died after suffering a heart attack at his Baghdad home, according to Iraq’s NCP-affiliated Asia TV channel.

A prominent Shia politician, Chalabi most recently served as head of the Iraqi parliament’s finance committee.

Outside Iraq, Chalabi is best remembered for the role he played in influencing the U.S. to invade Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 2003.

In 2004, he became a member of the Iraqi Interim Governing Council, which was established by Paul Bremer, then head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, (which held de facto executive authority in Iraq at the time).