Key Figures in Saddam’s Government

July 14, 2008

Ahmed Husayn al-Samarrai Head of the Presidential Cabinet
Ahmed Husayn al-Samarrai

  • Head of the Presidential Cabinet

'Uday Saddam Husayn Head of the Iraqi Olympic Commission Head of the Iraqi Students Union Owner of al-Babil newspaper Head of the Fidayin Saddam Militia
‘Uday Saddam Husayn

  • Head of the Iraqi Olympic Commission
  • Head of the Iraqi Students Union
  • Owner of al-Babil newspaper
  • Head of the Fidayin Saddam Militia

Ahmed Rashid Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry
Ahmed Rashid

  • Undersecretary of the
    Ministry of Industry

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Ali Hassan al-Majid

Former Head of:

  • General Security Directorate
  • Ba’th Party Northern Bureau
  • Ba’th Party in Kuwait

Former Minister of:

  • Interior
  • Defense

Ayyad Futayh al Rawi
Ayyad Futayh al-Rawi

  • Chief of the General Staff of the Jerusalem Army
  • General of the 2nd Corps
Abid Hamid Mahmud

Abid Hamid Mahmud

  • Presidential Secretary

Rashid Ta'an Kadhim
Rashid Ta’an Kadhim

  • Member of the Ba’th Party Regional (i.e., Iraqi) Command

Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri
Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri

  • Assistant Head of the Revolutionary Command Council

Sa dun Hamadi
Sa’dun Hamadi

  • Head of the National Assembly

Abd al-Tawab Abd Allah al-Mulla Huwaysh
‘Abd al-Tawab ‘Abd Allah
al-Mulla Huwaysh

  • Minster of Industry and Military Industrialization

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Sab’awi Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti

Former Member of the:

  • Revolutionary Command Council
  • General Security Directorate

Former Head of the General Intelligence Directorate

Amer Muhammad Rashid al Ubaydi
‘Amer Muhammad
Rashid al-‘Ubaydi

  • Minister of Oil

Samir Abd al Aziz al Najm
Samir ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Najm

  • Member of the Ba’th Party Regional Command

Adil Abdallah al Lami
‘Adil ‘Abdallah al-Lami

  • General Manager of the Nasr State Establishment

Sabir Abd al Aziz al Duri
Sabir ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Duri

  • Former Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate
    Mayor of Baghdad

Qusay Saddam Husayn
Qusay Saddam Husayn

  • Head of the Special Security Organization
  • Head of the Special Republican Guard

Tariq Aziz
Tariq Aziz (aka Mikhael Hanna)

  • Deputy Prime Minister

Naji Sabri al Hadithi
Naji Sabri al-Hadithi 

  • Minister of Foreign Affairs

Taha Yasin Ramadhan al Jazrawi
Taha Yasin Ramadhan al-Jazrawi

  • Deputy Vice President

Nizar Hamdun
Nizar Hamdun

  • Former Iraqi Ambassador to the UN
  • Undersecretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
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