Aziz Saleh al-Numan
عزيز صالح النومان
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
In office
1994 – 9 April 2003
Personal details
Born1941 or 1945[1]
Nasiriyah, Kingdom of Iraq
Political partyIraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Aziz Saleh al-Numan al-Khafaji (Arabic: عزيز صالح النومان الخفاجي) is a former Iraqi Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman. He was appointed Iraqi governor of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War; taking over the post from Ali Hassan al-Majid in November 1990, and holding it until 27 February 1991.[2] He previously served as Governor of Karbala (1976-1979), Governor of Najaf (1979-1986) and Minister of Agriculture (1986-1991).

He is a member of the "dirty dozen", allegedly responsible for torture and murder in Iraq. Prior to the U.S. invasion in April 2003, Al-Numan was the Baath Party's regional command chair, responsible for West Baghdad. He was previously the governor of Karbala and Najaf. He was taken into custody on May 22, 2003. At the time, he was the Number 8 on the Central Command's list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis, and was the highest-ranking person on the list of 55 to have been taken into custody to that time. He was one of nine Iraqi leaders that the United States wished to see tried for either war crimes or crimes against humanity.[3]

In 2011, he was transferred to Iraqi custody along with five others, tried and sentenced to death.[4][5] If and when the death sentence was ever carried out is unclear. The last reporting on Al-Numan's status was in 2015, at which time he remained in an Iraqi prison.[6]

Nuhmah was the King of Diamonds in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.[7]

References

  1. ↑ List established pursuant to security council resolution 1483 (2003)
  2. ↑ Casey, Michael S. (2007). The History of Kuwait: The Greenwood histories of the modern nations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 94. ISBN 9780313340734.
  3. ↑ Robert Burns, "Senior Baath members arrested". Associated Press, May 23, 2003.
  4. ↑ "U.S. hands over Saddam-era officials to Iraqis", CNN, July 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Iraq Most Wanted Facts", CNN, October 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Iraq War: Top 8 most wanted", CNN, April 17, 2015.
  7. ↑ Sampson, Karen. "UNO graduate students visit Louisiana National Guard Museum, Jackson Barracks [Image 4 of 4]". DVIDS. 215th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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