Ayad Khalil Zaki

Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi military officer and Combat engineering officer in the Iraqi Army.

Ayad Khalil Zaki
اياد خليل زكي
Zaki in 1990
Governor of Muthanna Province
In office 1995–2002
President	Saddam Hussein
Personal details
Born	c.1944 Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	21 August 2013 (age 69)
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Iraq (1956–1958) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Ba'athist Iraq (1968–1995)
Branch/service	Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service	1956 - 1995
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	14th Combat Engineering Regiment ( Corps of Engineers )
Commands	5th Infantry Division (1984-1987) 4th Corps (1987-1991)
Battles/wars	First Iraqi-Kurdish War Yom Kippur War Second Iraqi-Kurdish War Iran-Iraq War Anfal Campaign Gulf War Battle of Wadi al-Batin 1991 Iraqi uprisings

He served as the Iraqi field commander during the Anfal Campaign.^[1] By 1990, Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army and was the commander of the army during the Battle of Wadi al-Batin in the Gulf War.^[2]

In 1991, Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics.^[3] In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.^[4]

Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.^[5]

Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Jordan ^[6] He died on the 22 August 2013.^[7]

Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad.^[4]

Command and Staff positions held

• Second in Command, Sapper Platoon 1956-57
• Pioneers and Sappers Platoon Leader - 1957-1959
• Combat Engineering officers company leader and battalion staff officer course, Soviet Union - 1959-1960
• Second in Command, Sapper Company - 1960-1962
• Commanding Officer, B Sapper Company, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1962-1964
• Combined Arms/All-Arms Operations Officers Course, Soviet Union - 1964-1965
• Adjutant, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, 1st Division - 1965-1967
• Instructor, Military Engineering College - 1967-1968
• Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 12th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Armoured Division - 1968-1971
• Higher Command and Staff College Course (Frunze University), Soviet Union - 1971-1972
• GSO-I, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division - 1972-1976
• Executive Staff Officer, Personnel and Training Division, Army General Headquarters Baghdad - 1976-1979
• Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division - 1979-1982
• Commander, 2nd Combat Engineering Brigade, II Corps - 1982-1984
• General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, 1984-1987
• GSO-I and Chief of Operations, II Corps - 1987-1990
• General Officer Commanding, IV Corps - 1990-1994
• Assistant Minister of Defence, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Supplies and Logistics - 1994-1999

Ranks

• Second Lieutenant - 1956-57
• Lieutenant - 1957-1960
• Captain - 1960-1965
• Major - 1965-1968
• Lieutenant Colonel - 1968-1972
• Colonel - 1972-1979
• Brigadier - 1979-1984
• Major General - 1984-1989
• Lieutenant General - 1989-1995
• Colonel General ( Full General ) - 1995-1999

References

1. Human Rights Watch - Appendix B - The Perpetrators of Anfal: A Road-Map to the Principal Agencies and Individuals
2. Ayalon, Ami (1 August 1992). Middle East Contemporary Survey 1990, Volume 14; Volume 1990. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 420.
3. al-Marashi, Ibrahim; Salama, Sammy (2008). Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History. Routledge. p. 189.
4. Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce. Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. p. 256 & p. 276.
5. Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce (5 September 2002). Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 256 & p. 276.
6. Woods, Kevin M. (2011) [2010]. Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses. p. 43. ISBN 9780160896132.
7. "BANGRE". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.