Othman al-Ghanmi | |
Nationality: | Iraq |
Known For: | Army Chief of Staff Minister of Interior |
Office: | Minister of the Interior |
Term Start: | 7 May 2020 |
Term End: | 27 October 2022 |
Predecessor: | Yasin Tahir al-Yaseri |
Successor: | Abdul Amir al-Shammari |
Commands: | Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces |
Rank: | General |
Allegiance: | Iraq |
Branch: | Iraqi Army |
Honorific Prefix: | General |
Office2: | Chief of the General Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces |
Term Start2: | 2015 |
Term End2: | 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Babaker Zebari |
Successor2: | Abdul Amir Yarallah |
Othman al-Ghanmi (born 1958) is a former general in the Iraqi Army and its chief of staff from 2015 to 2020,[1] [2] as well as the Minister of Interior during 2020-2022. On 27 July 2019, he received the Legion of Merit from the United States Armed Forces and became first Republic of Iraq citizen to receive this award.
In 2014 he was appointed deputy chief of staff, having formerly led the Mid Euphrates Command.[3]