Latif Nassif Jassim
Latif Nassif Jassim (Arabic: لطيف نصيف جاسم; born 1941) was an Iraqi politician and leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
Latif Nassif Jassim | |
|---|---|
لطيف نصيف جاسم | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 5 April 1977 – 16 July 1979 | |
| Minister of Culture and Information | |
| In office 16 July 1979 – 23 March 1991 | |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | |
| In office 5 September 1993 – 2 January 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Latif Nassif Jassim Al-Dulaimi 1941 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Political party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Early life
Latif joined the Ba'ath party in 1957 and was arrested after the 18 November 1963 movement [1]
Career
He held ministerial positions from 1977 until 1996. He was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform on 5 April 1977, Minister of Culture and Media until 1991 and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs until 1996. [1]
Trial
His name was included in the list of Iraqis wanted by the United States at number 18, and he was 10 of Clubs on the most wanted Iraqis playing cards. [2] [3] [4]
Latif was arrested on 9 June 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 in the case of the murder of Mohammad al-Sadr. [5]
References
- Historical Dictionary of Iraq
- "قائمة المسؤولين العراقيين المطلوبين لدى قوات التحالف". December 29, 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- "قائمة المطلوبين العراقيين تتناقص بعد اعتقال ثمانية مسؤولين". www.aljazeera.net.
- "قائمة باسماء الـ55 من رجال نظام صدام حسين المطلوبين". دنيا الوطن.
- "تبرئة أولى لطارق عزيز". الأخبار.
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