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

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

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