Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh

Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh (Arabic: عبدالتواب الملا حويش; born 14 March 1962), also known as Abdul Tawab Mullah Hwaish, is a former Iraqi politician and member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and served as deputy prime minister and minister of military industrialization until the occupation of Iraq in 2003. [1]

Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
8 July 2001 – 9 April 2003
Minister for Military Industry
In office
17 April 2001 – 9 April 2003
Personal details
Born (1962-03-14) 14 March 1962 (age 62)
Fallujah, Iraq
Political partyBa'ath Party
ChildrenHassan Huwaysh [citation needed]

Career

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He was on the list of Iraqis most wanted by the United States. He was arrested by an American force that carried out an airdrop on his house in Al-Adhamiya district in Baghdad on 2 May 2003. He was released in 2006.[2] He is currently believed to reside in Qatar.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Abdul Tawab el-Mulla Howeish". globalsecurity.org.
  2. ^ "كونا :: مصادر .. القوات الامريكية تطلق سراح ثلاثة من رموز نظام صدام البائد 09/03/2006".
  3. ^ براثا, وكالة انباء (29 May 2012). "من هم الـ 12 شخص الذين أستحوذوا على أموال الشعب العراقي التي سلمها لهم صدام بعد سقوط نظامه؟". وكالة أنباء براثا.