Nizar Hamdoon
Nizar Hamdoon | |
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 Hamdoon presented his credentials to President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1985 | |
| Born | 1944-05-18 |
| Died | 2003-07-04 |
| Alma mater | Baghdad University |
Nizar Hamdoon (1944 - July 4, 2003) was Iraq's ambassador to United States from 1984 to 1988 and the United Nations from 1992 to 1998.[1] He was also the deputy Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1992 and under secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1999 to his retirement in 2001.[1]
A Muslim Arab from Mosul, Hamdoon finished his high school studies in Baghdad College then graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in architecture.[1]
He gained attention in the West in 1998 during the Iraq disarmament crisis and the UNSCOM weapons inspections.[2][3]
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External links[]
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Nizar Hamdoon on Charlie Rose
- "Nizar Hamdoon collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
- Works by or about Nizar Hamdoon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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