Salih Mahdi Ammash
Salih Mahdi Ammash | |
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صالح مهدي عماش | |
Vice President of Iraq | |
In office April 1970 – December 1971 | |
President | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
In office 11 November 1963 – September 1971 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
1924 Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
Died |
1985 Finland |
Political party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Alma mater | Baghdad Military College and Baghdad Staff College |
Salih Mahdi Ammash (1924–1985) was a historian, writer, author, poet and Iraqi Regional Branch politician and Iraqi army officer who sat on the Regional Command from 1963 to 1971.
Life
He was born into a peasant family in Baghdad, 1924.[1] Ammash attended the Baghdad Military College and the Baghdad Staff College.[1] He joined the Ba'ath Party in 1952 and become one of the first military Ba'athists in the Iraqi Regional Branch.[1] Ammash was a member of the Free Officers Movement which toppled the Iraqi monarchy.[1]
Ammash was elected to the Regional Command for three separate terms.[2] He also served as one of the vice presidents of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. His daughter Huda became the first and only female member of the Regional Command on 18 May 2001.[1]
References
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, p. 12.
- ↑ Devlin 1975, pp. 338–339.
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