Ayad Khalil Zaki
Ayad Khalil Zaki | |
|---|---|
| اياد خليل زكي | |
Zaki c. 1990 | |
| Governor of Muthanna Province | |
| In office 1995–2002 | |
| President | Saddam Hussein |
| Prime Minister | Saddam Hussein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1944 Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Died | 22 August 2013 (age 69) Amman, Jordan |
| Nationality | Iraq Jordan (from 2003) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iraqi Republic (1961–1968) Ba'athist Iraq (1968–1995) |
| Branch/service | Iraqi Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1961–1995 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Unit | 14th Combat Engineers |
| Commands | V Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars | |
Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي; 1944 – 22 August 2013) was an Iraqi military officer and commander of the Iraqi Army's IV Corps (4th Corps) during the Gulf War. A combat engineering officer in the Iraqi Army, he served as the Iraqi field commander during the Anfal Campaign. By 1990, Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army and was the commander of the army during the Battle of Wadi al-Batin in the Gulf War.
In 1991, Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics. In early December 1994, Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq al-Samarrai to revolt when the latter defected. However, Zaki ignored al-Samarrai's call and refused to defect to the Iraqi opposition and revolt against the government of Saddam Hussein.
Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.
Zaki left Iraq following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and fled to Jordan, where he spent his final years and died on the 22 August 2013.
Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad.