Salah Al-Mukhtar (Arabic: صلاح المختار; born 1944 in Baghdad) is the foremost resisting Ba'athist leader of Iraq. He was Deputy General Secretary of the Arab League and Saddam Hussein's ambassador to many countries.[1][2]
Salah Al-Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
صلاح المختار | |
| Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Political party | Iraqi Ba'ath |
| Occupation | Politician, diplomat |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Iraq |
| Branch/service | .svg){kind=small} Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | c. late 1970s - c. late 1980s |
| Rank |  Colonel |
He served in the Iran-Iraq war within the Iraqi Army attaining the rank of Colonel.
He left Iraq for Yemen due to the war in 2003, he then went to Germany during the Arab Spring in 2011.[3] Since 3 November 2020 he has been head of the Ba'ath party in Iraq.[4]
References
edit- ^ Salah Al-Mukhtar, tlaxcala.es, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2021-08-07
- ^ Iraqi Opposition Leader Speaks, brussellstribunal.org, archived from the original on 2012-03-28, retrieved 2012-04-02
- ^ "تصدعات البعث العراقي: تخوين واتهامات بالجاسوسية". elaph.com (in Arabic). 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Преемником Иззата Ибрагима ад-Дури на посту Генерального секретаря партии «Баас» стал заслуженный дипломат Саддама Хусейна Archived 2021-08-07 at the Wayback Machine // Голос Арабов, 18 лістапада 2020 (суполка ў «УКантакце»)