Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
75th Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf, born 30 July 1940)[citation needed] is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.
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Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf | |
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Minister of Information | |
In office 23 April 2001 – 9 April 2000 | |
President | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur |
Succeeded by | Ministry dissolved |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 6 June 1992 – 23 April 2001 | |
President | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Tariq Aziz |
Succeeded by | Naji Sabri |
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Born | Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940-07-30) July 30, 1940 (age 83) Hillah, Kingdom of Iraq |
Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region |
Alma mater | Baghdad University |
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