Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
75th Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf)[citation needed] is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.
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Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf | |
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Minister of Information | |
President | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur |
Succeeded by | Ministry dissolved |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
President | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Tariq Aziz |
Succeeded by | Naji Sabri |
Personal details | |
Born | Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf |
Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region |
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