Tariq Aziz
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| Born | Mikhail Yuhanna 1936/04/28 Tel Keppe, Iraq |
| Died | 2015-06-05 Nasiriyah, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Religion | Christian |
| Children | 4 |
| Spouse | Violet Yusef Nobud |
| Party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath, (until 1966), Baghdad-based Ba'ath, (1966–1982) (, Ba'ath – Iraq Region, ) |
Former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister under President Saddam Hussein | |
Tariq Aziz, born Mikhail Yuhanna, baptized Manuel Christo; 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was Iraqi Foreign Minister (1983–1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979–2003) and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned Ba'ath Party. Although he was an Arab Nationalist he was in fact an ethnic Chaldean, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.[1][2][3]
He died in an Iraqi prison after 12 years of shameful treatment and medical neglect at the hands of the western sponsored government that was installed following the 2003 Iraq war