Salah Al-Mukhtar
Salah Al-Mukhtar | |
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صلاح المختار | |
| Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 80–81) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Political party | Iraqi Ba'ath |
| Occupation | Politician, diplomat |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iraq |
| Branch/service | Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | c. late 1970s - c. late 1980s |
| Rank | Colonel |
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Salah Al-Mukhtar (Arabic: صلاح المختار; born 1944 in Baghdad) is the foremost resisting Ba'athist leader of Iraq. He was Deputy General Secretary of the Arab League and Saddam Hussein's ambassador to many countries.
He served in the Iran-Iraq war within the Iraqi Army attaining the rank of Colonel.
He left Iraq for Yemen following the US invasion in 2003, he then went to Germany during the Arab Spring in 2011. Since 3 November 2020 he has been head of the Ba'ath party in Iraq.