Saadi Toma Abbas Explained

Saadi Toma Abbas
Arabic: سعدي طعمة عباس
Office:Minister of Defence
President:Saddam Hussein
Term Start:12 December 1990
Term End:6 April 1991
Predecessor:Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal
Successor:Ali Hassan al-Majid
Office1:Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Term Start1:28 June 1998
Term End1:28 June 2002
Predecessor1:Abdul Hamid Abdul Aziz Al-Sayegh
Successor1:Munther Muzaffar al-Naqshbandi
Birth Date:17 March 1939
Birth Place:Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Death Place:Dhi Qar, Iraq
Party:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Allegiance: Iraq
Branch:Iraqi Army
Rank: Colonel General
Battles:Iran–Iraq War
Gulf War
1991 uprising in Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq
Honorific Prefix:Colonel General

Saadi Toma Abbas (Arabic: سعدي طعمة عباس; 17 March 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a former Iraqi military and politician. He was born in 1939 and held various ministerial positions during the rule of Saddam Hussein.

On 12 December 1990, he was appointed as Ministry of Defence and remained in office until 6 April 1991. He worked as military advisor at the Presidential Court from 6 April 1991 to 1998. In 1998 he was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and remained in his position until 29 June 2002.

He was arrested by the American forces in 18 May 2003.

Trial

On 2 December 2008, the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison for suppressing the 1991 uprising in Iraq while he was serving as commander of the military forces in the southern region. [1]

Death

He died in the Al-Hout prison in Dhi Qar on 23 June 2020.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: أ.ف.ب. بغداد-. حكم بالإعدام على "الكيمياوي" في قضية قمع "الانتفاضة الشعبانية" - سياسة - تقارير وترجمات - الإمارات اليوم. 2020-07-22. www.emaratalyoum.com. ar.
  2. Web site: وفاة أحد كبار رموز النظام العراقي السابق في سجن الناصرية . www.rudaw.net . 5 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605064848/https://www.rudawarabia.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/2306202019 . 2023-06-05 . ar . 2020-06-23 . live.