Abdullah Sallum al-Samarra'i
| Abdullah Sallum al-Samarra'i | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State | |
| In office 31 December 1969 – 15 May 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Minister of Culture and Information | |
| In office 30 July 1968 – 31 December 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Hamid Alwan al-Juburi |
| Member of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
| In office November 1969 – 1970 |
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| Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
| In office 1964–1970 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 Samarra, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Abdullah Sallum al-Samarra'i 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.
Biography
He 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]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, p. 208.
- ↑ Coughlin 2003, p. 224.
- ↑ Sluglett & Farouk-Sluglett 2001, p. 110.
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- ↑ Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, pp. 385–386.
- ↑ Sluglett & Farouk-Sluglett 2001, p. 136.
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- ↑ Karsh & Rautsi 1991, p. 50.
