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− | |description=Former Iraqi | + | |description=Former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister under President Saddam Hussein |
+ | |spouses=Violet Yusef Nobud | ||
+ | |constitutes=Journalist, politician | ||
+ | |birth_name=Mikhail Yuhanna | ||
+ | |birth_place=Tel Keppe, Iraq | ||
+ | |death_date=2015-06-05 | ||
+ | |death_place=Nasiriyah, Iraq | ||
+ | |political_parties=Arab Socialist Ba'ath, (until 1966), Baghdad-based Ba'ath, (1966–1982) (, Ba'ath – Iraq Region, ) | ||
+ | |children=4 | ||
+ | |employment={{job | ||
+ | |title=Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||
+ | |start=1983 | ||
+ | |end=1991 | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=Member of the Revolutionary Command Council | ||
+ | |start=16 July 1979 | ||
+ | |end=9 April 2003 | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | ||
+ | |start=1 August 1965 | ||
+ | |end=9 April 2003 | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | '''Tariq Aziz''', born '''Mikhail Yuhanna''', baptized '''Manuel Christo'''; 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was Iraqi Foreign Minister (1983–1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979–2003) and a close advisor of President [[Saddam Hussein]]. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned [[Ba'ath Party]]. Although he was an Arab Nationalist he was in fact an ethnic Chaldean, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.<ref> | + | }} |
+ | '''Tariq Aziz''', born '''Mikhail Yuhanna''', baptized '''Manuel Christo'''; 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was Iraqi Foreign Minister (1983–1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979–2003) and a close advisor of President [[Saddam Hussein]]. Their association began in the [[1950s]] when both were activists for the then-banned [[Ba'ath Party]]. Although he was an Arab Nationalist he was in fact an ethnic Chaldean, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.<ref>http://www.chaldeannews.com/free-tariq-aziz/</ref><ref>http://www.minorityrights.org/5738/iraq/chaldeans.html</ref><ref>http://www.chaldeannews.com/tariq-aziz-faces-trial-in-iraq/</ref> | ||
He died in an Iraqi prison after 12 years of shameful treatment and medical neglect at the hands of the western sponsored government that was installed following the [[Iraq war 2003|2003 Iraq war]] | He died in an Iraqi prison after 12 years of shameful treatment and medical neglect at the hands of the western sponsored government that was installed following the [[Iraq war 2003|2003 Iraq war]] | ||
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Born | Mikhail Yuhanna 1936/04/28 Tel Keppe, Iraq |
Died | 2015-06-05 (Age 79) Nasiriyah, Iraq |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Religion | Christian |
Children | 4 |
Spouse | Violet Yusef Nobud |
Party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath, (until 1966), Baghdad-based Ba'ath, (1966–1982) (, Ba'ath – Iraq Region, ) |
Tariq Aziz, born Mikhail Yuhanna, baptized Manuel Christo; 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was Iraqi Foreign Minister (1983–1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979–2003) and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned Ba'ath Party. Although he was an Arab Nationalist he was in fact an ethnic Chaldean, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.[1][2][3]
He died in an Iraqi prison after 12 years of shameful treatment and medical neglect at the hands of the western sponsored government that was installed following the 2003 Iraq war
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:The Shameful Tragedy of Tariq Aziz. A Metaphor for the “New Iraq.” | obituary | 24 June 2015 | Felicity Arbuthnot | An obituary - and requiem - for a courageous honest man whose treatment at the hands of his tormentors heaps further shame on their Western installers and puppet-masters who have very effectively destroyed his country |
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