Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili (Arabic: عبدالعزيز العقيلي, 1919 - 1981), was an Iraqi regular military officer and Minister. He served as Minister of Defense from 21 September 1965 until 18 April 1966[1][2] under Iraqi President Abdul Salam Arif.
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Al-'Uqaili was born in Mosul, a Northern city of Iraq in 1919. He graduated from Royal Military Academy in Baghdad in January 1938, and Staff Military College in 1945.[1] Al-'Uqaili started studying law in 1946 and graduated from Law college in 1950.[3] After the Iraqi Ba'ath Party Government overthrow by Abdul Salam Arif in November 1963, Al-'Uqaili was assigned to be Director of Iraqi ports in the Basra in the south of Iraq from 1963 until 21 September 1965.[1][4] He later served as Minister of Defense from 1965 to 1966. Ba'athism caught him two months after they came to power on 17 July, 1968.[4] The revolution court sentenced him to life imprisonment in 1970 and he died in prison on 7 May 1981.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b c "عبد العزيز العقيلي: سيرة حياة عسكري عراقي". University of Baghdad. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021.
- ^ "وزير دفاع أسبق في حكومة البزاز.. عبد العزيز العقيلي.. وطموحات رئاسة الجمهورية – مقالات – عبد الله اللامي". Azzaman Press. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021.
- ^ "عبد العزيز العقيلي: سيرة حياة عسكري عراقي". Algardenia. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "عبد العزيز العقيلي.. الرجل المسكوت عن عراقيته وصلابته". Sayyar Aljamil. 28 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020.
- ^ "قَرن على مولد علَم العراق الأشم عبدالعزيز العُقيليّ". Kitabat. 20 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021.
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