Sa'dun Hammadi

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order =58th Prime Minister of Iraq 12th Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
term_start =March 23, 1991
term_end =September 13, 1991
president =Saddam Hussein
predecessor =Saddam Hussein
successor =Mohammed Amza Zubeidi
birth_date =June 22, 1930
birth_place =Karbala, Iraq
death_date =March 14, 2007
death_place =Germany
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alma_mater =University of Wisconsin-Madison
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religion =Shia Islam


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Sa'dun Hammadi (June 22 1930 - March 14 2007) (Arabic: سعدون حمادي) was briefly Prime Minister of Iraq under President Saddam Hussein from March until September of 1991. He succeeded Hussein, who had previously been prime minister in addition to being president, but was forced out due to his reformist views.

Hammadi was born in Karbala and was a Shi'ite. He joined the Ba'ath Party during the 1940s. In addition, he earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1956.

Hammadi previously served a stint as Iraqi Oil Minister and was the Foreign Minister from 1974 until 1983. He also served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Iraq from 1996 until the Fall of Baghdad in 2003.

Hammadi was later imprisoned at a prison camp in Iraq. In February 2004, after nine months in the custody of the Americans, he was released and subsequently resettled in Qatar while seeking medical treatment abroad.

He died in a German hospital from leukemia on March 14, 2007. He was survived by his wife and one son.

External links

* [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/16/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Obit-Hammadi.php Obituary from the International Herald Tribune]