Abdullah Sallum al-Samarra'i (Arabic: عبد الله سلوم السامرائي; 1932–1996) was an Iraqi Ba'athist politician and leading member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq. He was a member of the Regional Command from 1964 to 1970, when he was expelled.
Abdullah Sallum al-Samarra'i | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State | |
| In office 31 December 1969 – 15 May 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Minister of Culture and Information | |
| In office 30 July 1968 – 31 December 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Preceded by | Taha Haj Elias |
| Succeeded by | Hamid Alwan al-Juburi |
| Member of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
| In office November 1969 – 1970 | |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
| In office 1964–1970 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 Samarra, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Died | 1996 (aged 63–64) |
| Political party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Biography
editHe was born in the city of Samarra[1] in 1932 to a lower middle class family. He graduated from Baghdad University with a B.A. and an M.A. in Islamic history. Early on he was an active member of the Independence Party, but became a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq in 1956.[2] He was an associate of Saddam Hussein since the 1950s.[3]
al-Samarra'i was one of the leading members of the Ba'ath Party following its November 1963 ousting from power,[4] and became a member of the Iraqi Regional Command in 1964.[2] At the 1969 Regional Congress of the Ba'ath Party in Iraq al-Samarra'i was re-elected as a member of the Iraqi Regional Command,[5] and appointed to a seat in the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC).[6] However, shortly after he was demoted from his post as Minister of Culture and Information to become Minister of State. The following year, in March 1970, al-Samara'i was removed from his seat in the RCC[7] and the Iraqi Regional Command and became the Iraqi Ambassador to India.[8] Al-Samarra'i was the first victim in a purge against the civilian wing of the party by Hussein.[9]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Hashim 2005, p. 127.
- ^ a b Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, p. 208.
- ^ Coughlin 2003, p. 224.
- ^ Farouk-Sluglett & Sluglett 2001, p. 110.
- ^ Farouk-Sluglett & Sluglett 2001, p. 120.
- ^ Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, pp. 385–386.
- ^ Farouk-Sluglett & Sluglett 2001, p. 136.
- ^ Farouk-Sluglett & Sluglett 2001, p. 135.
- ^ Karsh & Rautsi 1991, p. 50.
Bibliography
edit- Coughlin, Con (2003). Saddam: King of Terror. Thorndike Press. ISBN 978-0-7862-5775-1.
- Farouk-Sluglett, Marion; Sluglett, Peter (2001). Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-86064-622-5.
- Ghareeb, Edmund; Dougherty, Beth (2004). Historical dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4330-1.
- Hashim, Ahmed (2005). Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4452-4.
- Karsh, Efraim; Rautsi, Inari (1991). Saddam Hussein: a Political Biography. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-3978-8.