Abdul Aziz al-Uqaili explained
Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili (Arabic: عبدالعزيز العقيلي, 1919 - 1981), was an Iraqi regular military officer and Minister. He served as Minister of Defense from 21 September 1965 until 18 April 1966[1] [2] under Iraqi President Abdul Salam Arif.
Biography
Al-'Uqaili was born in Mosul, a Northern city of Iraq in 1919. He graduated from Royal Military Academy in Baghdad in January 1938, and Staff Military College in 1945.[1] Al-'Uqaili started studying law in 1946 and graduated from Law college in 1950.[3] After the Iraqi Ba'ath Party Government overthrow by Abdul Salam Arif in November 1963, Al-'Uqaili was assigned to be Director of Iraqi ports in the Basra in the south of Iraq from 1963 until 21 September 1965.[1] [4] He later served as Minister of Defense from 1965 to 1966. Ba'athism caught him two months after they came to power on 17 July, 1968.[4] The revolution court sentenced him to life imprisonment in 1970 and he died in prison on 7 May 1981.[4] [5]
Notes and References
- Web site: 28 September 2012. عبد العزيز العقيلي: سيرة حياة عسكري عراقي. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210109013954/https://museum.uobaghdad.edu.iq/?page_id=15022 . 9 January 2021 . University of Baghdad.
- Web site: 27 June 2016. وزير دفاع أسبق في حكومة البزاز.. عبد العزيز العقيلي.. وطموحات رئاسة الجمهورية – مقالات – عبد الله اللامي. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210109141517/https://www.azzaman.com/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%82-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9/ . 9 January 2021 . Azzaman Press.
- Web site: 30 April 2016. عبد العزيز العقيلي: سيرة حياة عسكري عراقي. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160503222724/http://www.algardenia.com:80/2014-04-04-19-52-20/fereboaliraq/23469-2016-04-30-22-19-25.html . 3 May 2016 . Algardenia.
- Web site: 28 July 2009. عبد العزيز العقيلي.. الرجل المسكوت عن عراقيته وصلابته. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927224320/http://sayyaraljamil.com/2009/07/28/1687.html . 27 September 2020 . Sayyar Aljamil.
- Web site: 20 April 2019. قَرن على مولد علَم العراق الأشم عبدالعزيز العُقيليّ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210109094837/https://kitabat.com/2019/04/20/%D9%82%D9%8E%D8%B1%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8E%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%85-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9/ . 9 January 2021 . Kitabat.