Muhammad Zimam al-Sadun | |
Native Name: | محمد زمام عبد الرزاق |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Order: | Ministry of Interior |
Term Start: | 1995 |
Term End: | May 2001 |
Birth Name: | Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun |
Birth Place: | Dhi Qar, Iraq |
Party: | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun (Arabic: محمد زمام عبد الرزاق) is an Iraqi politician and convicted war criminal.
Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun was born in 1942 in Suq al-Shuyukh District in al-Muntafiq Brigade (currently Dhi Qar Governorate). He belongs to al-Saadoun tribe.[1] He held several positions during the rule of the Arab Socialist Baath Party in Iraq, including a member of the Revolutionary Command Council and Governor of Saladin Governorate.[2] [3] He completed his studies in law and political science. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1995 to May 2001, when he was succeeded by Mahmud Dhiyab.[4]
He was on the list of Iraqis most wanted by the United States and was arrested at his home in Al-Saydiya neighborhood in Baghdad on 15 February 2004.[2] On 9 April 2009, he was sentenced to life in prison over involvement in the ethnic cleansing of Kurds and other minorities.[5] [6]