Tariq Aziz

Tariq Aziz   (Journalist, politician)
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, )
Former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister under President Saddam Hussein  Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 1983 - 1991  Member of the Revolutionary Command Council In office 16 July 1979 - 9 April 2003  Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch In office 1 August 1965 - 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.

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
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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