List of Iraqi Information Ministers
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Iraq
i Information Ministers during the presidency of Saddam Hussein
. The ministry was dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul Bremer
under CPA Order Number 2.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i Information Ministers during the presidency of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
. The ministry was dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul Bremer
L. Paul Bremer
Lewis Paul "Jerry" Bremer III is an American diplomat. He is most notable for being the U.S. Administrator to Iraq charged with overseeing the country's occupation after the 2003 invasion. In his role as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, he reported primarily to the U.S. Secretary of...
under CPA Order Number 2.
- 1979-1991 Latif Nussayif Jassim - he held the post on December 30, 1990, notable for saying that President George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
"must have been drunk" to suggest that IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
would withdraw from KuwaitKuwaitThe State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
, and that "We will show the world that America is a paper tiger." - 1991-1996 Hamid Yusuf Hammadi
- 1996 Abd al-Ghani Abd al-Ghafur
- 1996-1997 Hamid Yusuf Hammadi
- 1997-2001 Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
- 2001-2003 Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf (also Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf), gained worldwide attention during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq for claims like "the Americans were committing suicide by the hundreds at the city's [Baghdad] gates."