Abbas Mahdi Explained

Abbas Mahdi (born 14 September 1898, Baghdad-died ????)[1] was an Iraqi politician and public servant.

Mahdi was educated at Baghdad Law College and entered government service in 1918.

He held numerous official positions during his career, including Minister of Education (1932),[2] Minister of Economics and Communications (1934), Minister of Economics (1937-38), Minister of Justice (1938), Deputy for Baghdad (1938), Director General of Customs & Excise (1941),[3] and Iraqi Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to U.S.S.R.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.imarawatijara.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Whos-Who-Iraq-Directory-1936.pdf The Who is Who of Iraq
  2. Book: Simon, Reeva Spector. Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny. 2013. Columbia University Press. New York. 978-0-231-50700-4. 72.
  3. The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 1.
  4. Elwyn James Blattner, James Elwyn Blattner Who's who in U.A.R and the Near East, Paul Barbey Press, 1958, p. 501

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