Latif Nassif Jassim

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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
Died30 August 2021 (aged 79–80)
Political partyIraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Latif Nassif Jassim (Arabic: لطيف نصيف جاسم; 1941 – 30 August 2021) was an Iraqi politician and leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

Biography[]

Latif Nassif Jassim was born in 1941 and belonged to the Dulaim tribe. He joined the Ba'ath party in 1957 and was arrested after the 18 November 1963 movement.[1][2]

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]

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.[3][4][5]

Latif was arrested on 9 June 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 in the case of the murder of Mohammad al-Sadr.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Historical Dictionary of Iraq
  2. ^ "The death of the former Iraqi regime's information minister in "Al-Hout" prison". Rudaw Media Network. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ "قائمة المسؤولين العراقيين المطلوبين لدى قوات التحالف". BBC. 29 December 2003.
  4. ^ "قائمة المطلوبين العراقيين تتناقص بعد اعتقال ثمانية مسؤولين". Al Jazeera.
  5. ^ "قائمة باسماء الـ55 من رجال نظام صدام حسين المطلوبين". Al Watan.
  6. ^ "تبرئة أولى لطارق عزيز". Al Akhbar.

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