Mahmud Dhiyab

Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad (Arabic: محمود ذياب الأحمد; born 1953 in Baghdad or Mosul)[1] is an Iraqi former diplomat, who held several cabinet-level positions.

Biography

Dhiyab was Iraq's Minister of Agriculture during the Gulf War. In September 1991, he became involved in a dispute with Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Iraq's Minister of Defense, over the reconstruction of Baghdad's Republic Bridge.[2] In the mid-1990s, Dhiyab served as Iraq's Minister of Housing and Reconstruction. He later became Minister of Irrigation, during which time he was a central figure in negotiations with Turkey and Syria over water rights. Dhiyab succeeded Muhammad Zimam Abd Al-Razzaq as Iraq's Interior Minister on May 28, 2001, with Abd al-Razzaq stepping down in order to devote more time to his work as head of the Ba'th Party in Kirkuk and Niniveh.[3] Rasul Abd-al-Husayn al-Swadi succeeded Dhiyab as Minister of Irrigation. As a result of the Iraq War, Dhiyab was removed from power with the rest of Hussein's regime. After the invasion, he was listed as the seven of spades on the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. American forces announced that they had captured Dhiyab on July 9, 2003,[4] but this proved to be an error.[5] The real Dhiyab surrendered himself on August 9, 2003.[5]

Dhiyab was released from prison in July 2012 after completing his sentence.[6]

References

  1. ^ List established pursuant to security council resolution 1483 (2003)
  2. ^ The Central Intelligence Agency. "Addendums to the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD", March 2005, p. 6.
  3. ^ GlobalSecurity.org, "RFE/RL Iraq Report, June 1, 2001, Volume 4, Number 19.
  4. ^ Haven, Paul. "U.S. Forces Capture 2 Ex-Iraqi Officials", The Washington Post, July 9, 2003.
  5. ^ a b Tierney, John. "AFTER THE WAR: OCCUPATION; Ex-Official and Tanker Seized", The New York Times, August 10, 2003, p. 110.
  6. ^ "Iraq Frees Saddam Hussein's Interior Minister". aina.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-25.