Nizar Hamdoon Explained

Office:	Iraqi ambassador to the United States
Term Start:	1984
Term End:	1988
Nizar Hamdoon
Birth Date:	18 May 1944
Birth Place:	Mosul, Iraq
Death Place:	New York City, New York
Alma Mater:	Baghdad University

Nizar Hamdoon (May 18, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was Iraq's ambassador to United States from 1984 to 1988 and to the United Nations from 1992 to 1998.^[1] He was also the deputy Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1992 and undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1999 to his retirement in 2001.^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education

A Muslim Arab from Mosul, Hamdoon finished his high school studies in Baghdad College then graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in architecture.^[2]

Career

He gained attention in the West in 1998 during the Iraq disarmament crisis and the UNSCOM weapons inspections.^{[4] [5]} In a memo he wrote a few months before retiring, he argued that Iraq should be a monarchy and have a constitution written by Iraqis.^[6]

Death

Hamdoon died on 4 July 2003 in New York City from pneumonia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was buried in Baghdad ten days later.

Notes and References

1. https://tnsr.org/2023/06/the-origins-of-the-iraqi-invasion-of-kuwait-reconsidered/
2. News: Pace . Eric . 2003-08-10 . Nizar Hamdoon, 59, Former Iraqi Diplomat Under Hussein . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-02 . 0362-4331.
3. Web site: Archives . L. A. Times . 2003-08-11 . Nizar Hamdoon, 59; Iraqi Ambassador to U.S., Then to U.N. . 2023-05-02 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
4. Web site: 2000-08-17 . Iraq's UN Ambassador Nizar Hamdoon . 2023-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000817201350/http://www.time.com/time/community/transcripts/chattr022598.html . 2000-08-17 .
5. Web site: CNN - U.S.: Iraqi offer is unacceptable - November 14, 1998 . 2023-05-02 . edition.cnn.com.
6. News: 27 July 2003 . It's Not Over Until Saddam Is Over . The Washington Post . 2 May 2023.