Latif_Nusayyif_Jasim

Latif Nassif Jassim

Latif Nassif Jassim

Iraqi politician (1941–2021)

Latif Nassif Jassim (Arabic: لطيف نصيف جاسم; 1941 – 30 August 2021) was an Iraqi politician and leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

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Biography

Latif Nassif Jassim was born in 1941 and belonged to the Dulaim tribe. He joined the Ba'ath party in 1957 and was arrested after the 18 November 1963 movement.[1][2]

He held ministerial positions from 1977 until 1996. He was appointed minister of agriculture and agrarian reform on 5 April 1977, minister of culture and media until 1991 and minister of labor and social affairs until 1996.[1]

His name was included in the list of Iraqis wanted by the United States at number 18, and he was the "10 of Clubs" in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.[3][4][5]

Latif was arrested on 9 June 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 in the case of the murder of Mohammad al-Sadr.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Historical Dictionary of Iraq
  2. [2]
    "The death of the former Iraqi regime's information minister in "Al-Hout" prison". Rudaw Media Network. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. [3]
    "قائمة المسؤولين العراقيين المطلوبين لدى قوات التحالف". BBC. 29 December 2003.
  4. [4]
    "قائمة المطلوبين العراقيين تتناقص بعد اعتقال ثمانية مسؤولين". Al Jazeera.
  5. [5]
    "قائمة باسماء الـ55 من رجال نظام صدام حسين المطلوبين". Al Watan.
  6. [6]
    "تبرئة أولى لطارق عزيز". Al Akhbar.
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