Notable Alumni of University of Baghdad [Sorted List]

1. Venus Faiq

1963-. (aged 63)

editor writer journalist translator poet

Venus Faiq is an Iraqi-Kurdish and Dutch writer, poet, translator, editor, and journalist. Her works includes poetry, articles, in both Kurdish and Arabic languages, as well as working as a volunteer translator for the refugee organization in the Dutch city of Rijswijk.

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2. Ali Ibrahim Jama

1956-. (aged 70)

economist

Ali Ibrahim Jama, also known as Ali Baghdadi, is a Somali central banker who has been Governor of the Bank of Somaliland since 5 July 2018.

3. William Ishaya

diplomat

Dr. William Ishaya is an Iraqi diplomat and is currently the Deputy Permanent Representative - Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York.

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4. Emad Zaki Yehya

1955-2016 (aged 61)

academic writer journalist

Emad Zaki Yehya, was born in Baghdad. He was an Iraqi petroleum engineer, author, scholar, and a PhD lecturer at Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela

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5. Aqeel Al Mosawi

1966-. (aged 60)

physician

Aqeel Mohamed Saleh al-Mosawi is a Bahraini novelist, photographer and consultant endodontist.

6. Ferhad Shakely

1951-. (aged 75)

writer

Ferhad Shakely is a Kurdish writer, poet and researcher.

7. Adil Shamoo

1941-. (aged 85)

biochemist

Adil E. Shamoo is an Iraqi biochemist with an interest in biomedical ethics and foreign policy. He is currently a professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Maryland.

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8. Mohammad Saber Ismail

1947-. (aged 79)

diplomat nuclear physicist politician

Dr. Mohammad Saber Ismail is an Iraqi Kurdish diplomat and politician from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. He was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 2013 to 2016. He was nominated by the PUK in August 2018 as their candidate to succeed Fuad Masum as President of Iraq.

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9. Fadhil Assultani

1948-. (aged 78)

writer literary editor poet journalist

Fadhil Assultani is an Iraqi poet, translator and journalist. He has lived in London since 1994, and works as an editor of cultural department at the daily London- based newspaper Asharqalawsat. He has published several books of poetry and translation. Some of his poems were translated into Germany, Spanish, Kurdish, Persian and English.

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10. Salman Hadi al-Tou'ma

1935-. (aged 91)

historian

Sayyid Salman Hadi Tumah, is an Iraqi poet, writer, and historian.

11. Narmin Othman

1948-. (aged 78)

politician

Narmin Othman is the Iraqi Minister for the Environment in the government of Nouri al-Maliki, a post she also held in the Iraqi Transitional Government. She was Minister of Women's Affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government and a Minister of Education in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region from 1992.

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12. Andrew Rohan

1948-. (aged 78)

politician

Andrew Baijan Rohan is an Australian politician of Assyrian descent who currently serves on Fairfield City Council. He was previously a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Smithfield for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015.

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13. Abdulwahab Alamrani

1958-. (aged 68)

diplomat writer

Abdulwahab Alamrani Yemeni diplomat with the rank of ambassador, writer, author and traveler.

14. Omar Fakhri

1934-. (aged 92)

physician

Dr. Omar Fakhri is an Iraqi medical scientist who is best known for his research in several areas: the role of vitamin K in treating hemorrhagic diathesis in children, the cooperation between antibodies and lymphocytes and their role in immune response, the use of peritoneal macrophages in the treatment of resistant infections in leukemia patients, the effect of electroconvulsive therapy...

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15. Aisha Ghazal Mahdi

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Aisha Ghazal Mahdi, is an Iraqi politician, member of the Council of Representatives since 2014 representing the Baghdad Governorate with the Muttahidoon between 2014 and 2018 and with National Coalition since 2018, being member of the Services and Constructions Committee. She got a bachelor's degree in Education and a certificate of higher qualification in Management. Previously served as a member...

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16. Hatif Janabi

1952-. (aged 74)

poet translator of Adam Mickiewicz

Hatif Janabi is an Iraqi poet, translator and author. Born near Babylon in 1952, he studied Arabic language and literature at Baghdad University. He moved to Warsaw, Poland in 1976 for higher studies, eventually obtaining a master's degree in Polish language and literature and a PhD in drama, both from Warsaw University. He has lived in Poland ever since and...

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17. Abdul Jerri

1932-. (aged 94)

mathematician theoretical physicist

Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri is an Iraqi American mathematician, most recognized for his contributions to Shannon Sampling Theory, Its Generalizations, Error Analysis, and Historical Reviews, and in particular his establishment in 2002 of the journal Sampling Theory in Signal and Image Processing (STSIP- ISSN 1530-6429) with over thirty top international experts as its editors, besides establishing its Sampling Publishing, also...

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18. Bahira Abd al-Latif

1957-. (aged 69)

university teacher writer journalist translator poet

Bahira Abdulatif Yasin is an Iraqi writer, translator and professor living in Madrid.

19. Jalila al-Salman

1965-. (aged 61)

teacher human rights defender

Jalila Mohammed Ridha al-Salman is a Bahraini teacher and vice president of the Bahrain Teachers' Association (BTA). Due to her role in the Bahraini uprising, she was arrested for 149 days, allegedly tortured, and sentenced to 3 years in prison. On 21 September 2012, her sentence was reduced to six months' imprisonment by an appeals court.

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20. Mushtak Al-Atabi

1970-. (aged 56)

academic

Mushtak Al-Atabi is the provost and CEO of Heriot Watt University Malaysia. His research focuses on thermofluids, renewable energy, biomechanical engineering, and engineering education. He is an Honorary Chair at the School of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Birmingham and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Science & Technology. He has published three books, Think Like an Engineer,...

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21. Abdul Rahman Mustafa

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Abdul Rahman Mustafa is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the governor of Kirkuk, was elected in 2003 by multiethnic Kirkuk City Council under supervision of Coalition Provisional Authority in Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Has a law degree from Baghdad University. Visited Dallas, Texas as part of partners for peace, an International Goodwill agreement with Dallas.

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22. Nuri Ja'far

1914-1991 (aged 77)

philosopher academic psychologist

Nuri Ja'far Ali al-Chalabi, better known as Nuri Ja'far (Arabic: نوري جعفر, romanized: Nūrī Jaʻfar; 1914 – 7 November 1991), was an Iraqi psychologist, philosopher of education, and author. He wrote more than fifty works on pedagogy, psychology, history, philosophy, thought and literature. After graduating from the Higher Teachers' House in Baghdad, he went to the United States, and received...

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23. Salman Aljumaili

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Salman Aljumaili is an Iraqi politician, and Iraq's Planning Minister from 2014 to 2018.

24. Hanaa Edwar

1946-. (aged 80)

journalist

Hanaa Edwar is an Iraqi women's rights activist. She is the founder and general secretary of Iraqi Al-Amal Association, and co-founder of the Iraqi Women's Network.

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25. Kamal Bani Hani

1958-. (aged 68)

academic

Kamal Eddin Hussein Ali Bani Hani is a Jordanian gastrointestinal surgeon and the former president of Hashemite University.

26. Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi

teacher political activist

Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi is an Iraqi women's rights activist.

27. Hayat Charara

1935-1997 (aged 62)

writer novelist actor university teacher

Hayat Sharara was an Iraqi writer, translator and educator.

28. Ghanim Al-Jumaily

1950-. (aged 76)

diplomat scientist

Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily is the ambassador of Iraq to Saudi Arabia, appointed by the interim government of Iraq in 2008. He first served as Iraq's ambassador to Japan in 2004. He has four children, Anas, Youssra, Mariam and Omar.

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29. Anne Nafi Aussi

1964-. (aged 62)

engineer politician

Ann Nafi Aussi Balbol is an Assyrian politician who was the former minister of Construction and Housing in the Iraqi government from 2016 to 2018.

30. Qasim Abid Muhammad Hammadi al-Fahadawi

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi is an Iraqi politician and businessman who is the former Minister of Electricity in the Al Abadi Government, and who previously served as the Governor of Anbar from April 2009 to August 2013.

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31. Jamal Nebez

1933-2018 (aged 85)

linguist mathematician writer

Jamal Nebez was a Kurdish linguist, mathematician, politician, author, translator and writer. He studied Islamic law, philosophy, theology, physics and mathematics at the University of Baghdad in the 1950s. In 1956, he prepared a stenciled script on algebra and in 1960, succeeded in publishing the first physics book in Kurdish, including a rich glossary of Kurdish terms pertaining to physics...

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32. Malik Dohan al-Hassan

1919-2021 (aged 102)

politician

Malik Dohan al-Hassan was an Iraqi politician and academician, who served as Minister of Culture and Information in 1967, headed the Iraqi Bar Association in 2003, and was the Minister of Justice in the Iraqi Interim Government in 2004.

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33. Ali Aldabbagh

1955-. (aged 71)

writer engineer businessperson politician

Ali Aldabbagh is an Iraqi engineer, businessman and politician who served as government spokesman until November 2012.

34. Hisham N. Ashkouri

1948-2025 (aged 77)

architect

Hisham Nasrat Ashkouri was an American architect and urban designer who was based in Boston and New York.

35. Yanar Mohammed

1960-. (aged 66)

architect writer women's rights activist politician journalist

Yanar Mohammed is a prominent Iraqi feminist who was born in Baghdad. She is a co-founder and the director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, and serves as the editor of the newspaper Al-Mousawat (Equality). She started the first shelters for women in Iraq since 2003, protecting them from "honor killing" and sex-trafficking, a network that expanded to...

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36. Nisrin Barwari

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Nisrin Barwari is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who acted as Iraqi Minister for Municipalities and Public Works following the US occupation of Iraq in 2003 and held it until 2006.

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37. Nizar Hamdoon

1944-2003 (aged 59)

diplomat politician

Nizar Hamdoon was Iraq's ambassador to the United States from 1984 to 1988 and to the United Nations from 1992 to 1998. He was also the deputy Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1992 and undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1999 to his retirement in 2001.

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38. Donny George Youkhanna

1950-2011 (aged 61)

university teacher writer anthropologist prehistorian assyriologist

Donny George Youkhanna was an Iraqi-Assyrian archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York.

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39. Raed Jarrar

writer engineer peace activist architect

Raed Jarrar is an Arab-American architect, blogger, and political advocate based in the U.S. Capital Washington, DC.

40. Aiham Alsammarae

1951-. (aged 75)

politician

Aiham Alsammarae is a nationalistic, Sunni Muslim, Iraqi politician who served as Minister of Electricity from August 2003 until May 2005. He has been an active member of the Iraqi National List (headed by Iyad Allawi) and has fought hard for political reconciliation among Iraq's political parties as well as against the policy of de-Ba'athification, since his resignation as Minister...

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41. Amal al-Jubouri

1967-. (aged 59)

translator poet journalist writer

Amal Al-Jubouri is an Iraqi writer, poet, translator, journalist and publisher.

42. ʿImād ʿAbd al-Salām Raʾūf

1948-2021 (aged 73)

historian university teacher

Imad Abdul Salam Raouf was an Iraqi historian, investigator, and thinker.

43. Humam Hamoudi

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Humam Hamoudi is one of the most important figures in Iraqi politics. He is a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq representing the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA). Hamoudi is leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council.

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44. Sinan Al Shabibi

1941-2022 (aged 81)

academic economist

Sinan Al-Shabibi was an Iraqi economist who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq from September 2003 to October 2012.

45. Basil Al Bayati

1946-. (aged 80)

writer architect

Basil Al Bayati is an Iraqi-born architect and designer who has lived and practiced for the most part in Europe, in particular, London and who Neil Bingham, in his book 100 Years of Architectural Drawing: 1900–2000, has described as "an architect in whom East meets West." Al Bayati is considered to be one of the most important names in metaphoric...

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46. ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-Rifāʻī

1954-. (aged 72)

philosopher intellectual writer

Abdul Jabbar Al Rifai is an Iraqi theologian, and professor of Islamic philosophy, born in Dhi Qar, Iraq, 1954. He obtained several academic degrees, including: a PhD degree cum laude in Islamic philosophy – 2005, a master's degree of Islamic Ilm Al-Kalam – 1990, a bachelor's degree in Islamic studies – 1988, and an agricultural art diploma in 1975. He...

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47. Naïm Kattan

1928-2021 (aged 93)

literary critic writer novelist essayist short story writer

Naïm Kattan, OC CQ FRSC was a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin. He was the author of more than 30 books, translated into several languages.

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48. Lamia Al Kilani

1938-2019 (aged 81)

archaeologist

Lamia Al-Gailani Werr was an Iraqi archaeologist specialising in ancient Mesopotamian antiquities.

49. Jamal Al-Karboli

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Jamal Naser Delli Ahmed Al-Karboli is an Iraqi activist and politician, head of the National Movement for Development and Reform party and the Iraqi List coalition in the Council of Representatives of Iraq.

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50. Medhat al-Mahmoud

1933-. (aged 93)

lawyer judge

Medhat al-Mahmoud is an Iraqi retired judge who served as the former head of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council and of the Federal Supreme Court. He retired in March 2021.

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51. Saadoun al-Dulaimi

1954-. (aged 72)

military personnel politician

Saadoun al-Dulaimi is an Iraqi politician, a current MP, ex-minister of culture, and ex-minister of defence of Iraq for two terms.

52. Azzam al-Ahmad

1948-. (aged 78)

politician

Azzam al-Ahmad is a Palestinian politician, economist and diplomat. He holds a BA in economics from Baghdad University and has held various significant positions throughout his career. He was the head of the From 1971 to 1974, he served as the head of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) in Ba'athist Iraq, later becoming the deputy head of the...

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53. Taha Baqir

1912-1984 (aged 72)

anthropologist linguist historian university teacher assyriologist

Taha Baqir was an Iraqi Assyriologist, author, cuneiformist, linguist, historian, and former curator of the National Museum of Iraq.

54. Ali Bader

1979-. (aged 47)

writer novelist poet journalist

Ali Bader is an Iraqi-Belgian novelist and script writer. He is the author of 18 novels and the editor-in-chief of Arabic publishing house Alca Books. His best-known works include Papa Sartre, The Tobacco Keeper, The Running after the Wolves, and The Sinful Woman. He lives in Brussels.

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55. Ali Salih al-Sa'di

1928-1977 (aged 49)

civil servant

Ali Salih al-Sa'di was an Iraqi politician. He was General Secretary of the Iraqi branch of the Ba'ath Party from the late 1950s until the November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état. From February 8, 1963 (Ramadan Revolution) until the November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état, he was deputy prime minister under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, minister of the interior and as commander of...

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56. Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Baqir Jabr Al-Zubeidi, also known as Bayan Jabr Solagh (Arabic: بيان باقر صولاغ, romanized: Bayān Bāqir Sūlāġ), is an Iraqi politician and former commander of the Badr Brigades who served as the Finance Minister of Iraq in the government of Nouri al-Maliki. He served as Minister of Interior, in charge of the police, in the Iraqi Transitional Government and was...

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57. Saad Maan

1972-. (aged 54)

spokesperson

Major General Saad Maan Ibrahim Jassim al-Musawi is a senior Iraqi Ground Forces officer serving as the Director of the Department of Relations and Information.

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58. Naziha al-Dulaimi

1923-2007 (aged 84)

politician physician

Naziha Jawdat Ishg al-Dulaimi was an early pioneer of the Iraqi feminist movement. She was a co-founder and the first president of the Iraqi Women's League, the first woman minister in modern Iraq history, and the first woman cabinet minister in the Arab world.

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59. Saadi Yousef

1934-2021 (aged 87)

poet writer journalist

Saadi Youssef was an Iraqi author, poet, journalist, publisher, and political activist. He published thirty volumes of poetry in addition to seven books of prose.

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60. Hashim Jasin

1939-. (aged 87)

ulema politician

Hashim bin Jasin is a Malaysian politician from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has served as the 4th Spiritual Leader of PAS since October 2016 after the death of his predecessor Haron Din in September 2016 and its State Commissioner of Perlis from 1991 to 2013. Besides, he served as...

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61. Salameh Hammad

1944-. (aged 82)

politician

Salameh Hammad is a Jordanian politician who has served as Minister of the Interior in the government of Jordan a number of times. He held the position from 1993 to 1995, from 1995 to 1996, from 2015 to 2016, from 2016 to 2017 and lastly from May 2019 until October 2020.

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62. Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz

1913-1973 (aged 60)

judge university teacher writer diplomat politician

Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz was an Iraqi politician, reformist and writer who served as prime minister of Iraq from 1965 to 1966 and as the interim president in 1966.

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63. Naji Sabri

1951-. (aged 75)

writer journalist diplomat politician

Naji Sabri Ahmad Al-Hadithi is an Iraqi former politician who served as the Iraqi Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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64. Ahmad Mukhtar Baban

1900-1976 (aged 76)

politician

Ahmad Mukhtar Baban was an Iraqi politician of Kurdish origin and the Prime Minister of Iraq under the Kingdom of Iraq in 1958.

65. Mahmoud al-Sarkhi

1964-. (aged 62)

civil engineer theologian

Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi is a prominent Iraqi Shia Marja'. He was known for his opposition to US and Iranian interference in Iraq.

66. Sinan Antoon

1967-. (aged 59)

poet writer translator university teacher novelist

Sinan Antoon is an Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and literary translator. He has been described as "one of the most acclaimed authors of the Arab world." Alberto Manguel described him as "one of the great fiction writers of our time.” He is an associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.

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67. Mohammad Yaqoobi

1960-. (aged 66)

theologian

Mohammad al-Yaqoobi is a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He is the second most widely followed Marja' in Iraq, the most widely followed being Ali al-Sistani. As well as heading the Al-Sadr Religious University in Najaf, he established one of the largest women's Hawzas in Iraq, and oversees many charitable organisations within Iraq. He is an active figure within Iraqi...

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68. Ibrahim Ahmad

1914-2000 (aged 86)

novelist politician writer journalist poet

Ibrahim Ahmad was an Iraqi Kurdish writer, novelist, jurist and translator who founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in 1975. He is the father-in-law of former President Jalal Talabani and current President Abdul Latif Rashid through both of his daughters.

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69. Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak

1968-. (aged 58)

diplomat politician

Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak is a Yemeni politician who served as the prime minister of Yemen from 2024 to 2025. Before his appointment as Prime Minister, he was the former Foreign Minister of Yemen, and before that he served as Ambassador of Yemen to the United States.

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70. Fuad Hussein

1949-. (aged 77)

politician political scientist

Fuad Mohammed Hussein is an Iraqi politician from the Kurdistan Democratic Party who is the current Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was previously the Minister of Finance in the Government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

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71. Rizgar Mohammed Amin

1957-. (aged 69)

judge

Rizgar Mohammed Amin is the former chief judge of the Iraqi Special Tribunal's Al-Dujail trial. He is the only judge whose name was revealed on the trial's opening on 19 October 2005, the names of the other four judges and all but two of his four colleagues faces not allowed to be shown during the televised portions of the trial.(Telegraph.co.uk...

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72. Fuad al-Rikabi

1931-1971 (aged 40)

civil engineer politician

Fuad al-Rikabi was an Iraqi politician and the founder of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Al-Rikabi became the Secretary of Iraqi Regional Command of the Ba'ath Party in 1954 and held the post until 1959. Throughout his term of leadership, the Iraqi Regional Branch expanded its membership and became a leading party in Iraq's political...

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73. Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani

1970-. (aged 56)

politician prime minister

Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani is an Iraqi politician and former engineer who has been the prime minister of Iraq since 27 October 2022. Prior to his premiership, he held a number of ministerial positions; namely, minister of labour and social affairs, acting minister of industry and minerals, acting minister of trade, acting minister of migration and the displaced, acting minister of...

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74. Adnan Khairallah

1941-1989 (aged 48)

politician

Colonel General Adnan Khayr Allah was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's brother in-law and cousin. He held several titles and was a member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council. He also served as the Defence Minister of Iraq from 1979 until his death a decade later, being appointed days after Saddam Hussein succeeded to the Presidency.

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75. Hadi Al-Amiri

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Hadi al-Amiri is an Iraqi politician and militia leader who has headed the Badr Organization, a Shia political party and paramilitary organization, since 2009. He served as Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2014 and has represented Diyala Governorate in the Council of Representatives since 2014. Al-Amiri founded the Fatah Alliance in 2018, which has become one of the main...

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76. Faiq Al Sheikh Ali

1963-. (aged 63)

writer politician

Faiq Al Sheikh Ali is an Iraqi lawyer and politician who served as a Member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq From 2014 and is the Secretary-General of the People's Party for Reform. In parliament, he was a member of the Judiciary (Legal) Committee. He led the Civilized Alliance for the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election. He boycotted the 2021...

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77. Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi

1954-. (aged 72)

civil servant politician

Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi is an Iraqi politician who served as Minister of Communications in the Al Maliki government from May 2006 until August 2008 and from 2010 to 2012. Both times he resigned from his position in protest against al-Maliki's sectarian agenda and political interference. In February 2020, during a time of political deadlock brought on by nationwide protests, he...

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78. Mohammad Mustafa

1954-. (aged 72)

economist business executive politician

Mohammad Abdullah Mohammad Mustafa is a Palestinian politician and economist who has served as Prime Minister of Palestine since 31 March 2024. He previously served as the Chairman of the Board of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), Senior Economic Advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas and an Independent member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Previously, he had...

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79. Leyla Qasim

1952-1974 (aged 22)

politician

Leyla Qasim was a Feyli Kurdish activist against the Iraqi Ba'ath regime who was executed in Baghdad. She is known as a national martyr among the Kurds.

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80. Tariq Aziz

1936-2015 (aged 79)

statesperson journalist diplomat politician

Tariq Aziz was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Additionally, Aziz was a member of the Revolutionary Command Council and the Regional Command of the Iraqi Branch of the Ba'ath...

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81. Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf

1940-. (aged 86)

diplomat politician journalist

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Iraq's minister of foreign affairs from 1992 to 2001 and later became the Iraqi minister of information. Al-Sahhaf came to worldwide prominence during the 2003 invasion of Iraq when he acted as a spokesman for Saddam Hussein's government. He has been nicknamed Baghdad Bob and Comical Ali...

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82. Adil Abdul-Mahdi

1942-. (aged 84)

politician economist

Adil Abdul-Mahdi al-Muntafiki is an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq from October 2018 until May 2020. Abdul-Mahdi is an economist and was one of the vice presidents of Iraq from 2005 to 2011. He formerly served as Minister of Finance in the Interim government and Oil Minister from 2014 to 2016.

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83. Muntadhar al-Zaidi

1979-. (aged 47)

humanitarian politician writer peace activist journalist

Muntadhar al-Zaidi is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egypt-based Al-Baghdadia TV. As of February 2011, al-Zaidi worked with a Lebanese TV channel.

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84. Qusay Hussein

1966-2003 (aged 37)

military personnel politician

Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Nasiri al-Tikriti was an Iraqi politician, military officer, and the second son of Saddam Hussein. He was appointed as his father's heir apparent in 2000. He was deputy head of the Iraqi Special Security Organization and was also in charge of the Republican Guard, a branch of the Iraqi military.

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85. Jalal Talabani

1933-2017 (aged 84)

jurist lawyer politician

Jalal Talabani was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq.

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86. Uday Hussein

1964-2003 (aged 39)

military personnel politician journalist

Uday Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician, militia leader, and businessman. He was the eldest son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah, and was known for his excessive cruelty, erratic behavior, and human rights abuses, which included torture, rape, and murder.

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87. Nouri al-Maliki

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki, also known as Jawad al-Maliki (جواد المالكي), is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007. He served as the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and as the vice president from 2014 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2018.

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88. Layla Salih

1975-. (aged 51)

archaeologist

Layla Salih is an Iraqi archaeologist. As head of the Nineveh Antiquities section in the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, she has been responsible for the monitoring, rescue, and documentation of Ancient Near Eastern art and architecture following its destruction by ISIS. She is known for her discovery of one of Esarhaddon's palaces in Nineveh.

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89. Mahdi Abu Deeb

1962-. (aged 64)

human rights defender

Mahdi Isa Mahdi Abu Deeb is the founder and leader of Bahrain Teachers' Association (BTA), and Assistant Secretary-General of Arab Teachers' Union. Due to his role in the Bahraini uprising, he was arrested, allegedly tortured, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His sentence was later reduced to five years by an appeals court. Amnesty International designated him a prisoner...

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90. Saleh al-Mutlaq

1947-. (aged 79)

politician

Saleh Muhammed al-Mutlaq is an Iraqi politician who is the head of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, the fifth largest political list in Iraq's parliament. From 21 December 2010 to 11 August 2015, he was one of the three deputy prime ministers of Iraq.

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91. Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait

1947-2013 (aged 66)

physician patron of the arts philanthropist

Dr. Abd Al-Rahman bin Hamood Al-Sumait was an Islamic scholar, medical practitioner and humanitarian from Kuwait. He was known for his philanthropic works in more than 29 African countries.

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92. Salam Pax

1974-. (aged 52)

blogger journalist writer translator

Salam Pax is the pseudonym of Salam Abdulmunem, aka Salam al-Janabi (Arabic: سلام الجنابي), under which he became the "most famous blogger in the world" during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Along with a massive readership, his site "Where is Raed?" received notable media attention. The pseudonym consists of the word for "peace" in Arabic (salām) and in...

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93. Khaled al-Obaidi

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Khaled Miteb Yassin Hassan Al-Obaidi is an Iraqi politician and former military officer who served as Minister of Defense of Iraq from 2014 to 2016. His tenure took place during a critical period in the country’s fight against the Islamic State, particularly following the fall of Mosul in 2014.

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94. Driss Dahak

1939-. (aged 87)

diplomat judge politician

Driss Dahak is a Moroccan civil servant, and diplomat. He held the cabinet position of General Secretary of the Government from 2008 to 2017, under prime ministers Abbas El Fassi and Abdelilah Benkirane.

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95. Fuad Masum

1938-. (aged 88)

lawyer philosopher politician

Muhammad Fuad Masum Hurami is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as president following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.

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96. Abdurrahman Wahid

1940-2009 (aged 69)

journalist politician

Abdurrahman Wahid, more colloquially known as Gus Dur ( Indonesian: [ˌɡʊs ˈdʊr] ), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from office in 2001. A long time leader within the Nahdlatul Ulama organization, he was the founder of the National Awakening Party...

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