Abdul Aziz al-Uqaili

Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili (Arabic: عبدالعزيز العقيلي, 1919 - 1981), was an Iraqi regular military officer and Minister. He served as Minister of Defense from 21 September 1965 until 18 April 1966[1][2] under Iraqi President Abdul Salam Arif.

Biography

Al-'Uqaili was born in Mosul, a Northern city of Iraq in 1919. He graduated from Royal Military Academy in Baghdad in January 1938, and Staff Military College in 1945.[1] Al-'Uqaili started studying law in 1946 and graduated from Law college in 1950.[3] After the Iraqi Ba'ath Party Government overthrow by Abdul Salam Arif in November 1963, Al-'Uqaili was assigned to be Director of Iraqi ports in the Basra in the south of Iraq from 1963 until 21 September 1965.[1][4] He later served as Minister of Defense from 1965 to 1966. Ba'athism caught him two months after they came to power on July 17, 1968.[4] The revolution court sentenced him to life imprisonment in 1970 and he died in prison on May 7, 1981.[4][5]

References
  1. "عبد العزيز العقيلي: سيرة حياة عسكري عراقي". University of Baghdad. September 28, 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-01-09.
  2. "وزير دفاع أسبق في حكومة البزاز.. عبد العزيز العقيلي.. وطموحات رئاسة الجمهورية – مقالات – عبد الله اللامي". Azzaman Press. June 27, 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-01-09.
  3. "عبد العزيز العقيلي: سيرة حياة عسكري عراقي". Algardenia. April 30, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-03.
  4. "عبد العزيز العقيلي.. الرجل المسكوت عن عراقيته وصلابته". Sayyar Aljamil. July 28, 2009. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27.
  5. "قَرن على مولد علَم العراق الأشم عبدالعزيز العُقيليّ". Kitabat. April 20, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-01-09.


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