Taha Yasin Ramadan
Taha Yasin Ramadan ( Arabic طه ياسين رمضان Taha Yāsīn Ramadān , DMG Ṭaha Yāsīn Ramaḍān ; * February 22, 1938 in Mosul ; † March 20, 2007 in Baghdad ), also Taha al-Jizrawi , was an Iraqi politician.
Life
He was the son of Iraqi farmers. After high school he worked as a bank clerk . In 1956 he joined the Ba'ath Party and after they came to power in 1968 held several political positions. From 1979 he was first vice-premier (and thus de facto head of government), then vice-president from 1991.
Several murders were carried out on him, including one in 1997 and one in 1999.
After the beginning of the Iraq war and the accompanying invasion of primarily US troops into Iraq, Ramadan withdrew to Mosul. There he was arrested on August 19, 2003 by fighters of the Kurdistan Patriotic Union and handed over to the US armed forces. In July 2004 the Iraqi government charged him with his involvement in the Dujail massacre and sentenced him to life imprisonment in November 2006 . An appeals court overturned this judgment and imposed the death penalty . On March 20, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the US-led invasion , Ramadan was hanged in a military base in northern Baghdad . At his own request, Ramadan was buried near Tikrit next to the grave of Saddam Hussein .
Web links
- "Obituary: Taha Yassin Ramadan" (BBC, March 20, 2007)
- foxnews.com
- trial-ch.org
- globalsecurity.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danube Post : executed former Iraqi Vice President Ramadan ( Memento of 27 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) March 2007 20
- ↑ Iraqi ex-Vice-President Ramadan hanged ( memento of March 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Kleine Zeitung , March 20, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramadan, Taha Yasin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Al-Jizrawi, Taha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mosul |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 2007 |
| Place of death | Baghdad |