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Ali Hassan al-Majid

1941 - 2010

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Colonel General Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي حسن المجيد التكريتي, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majid al-Tikrītī; c. 1941 – 25 January 2010), was an Iraqi military officer and politician under Saddam Hussein who served as defense minister, interior minister, and chief of the General Security. He was also the governor of Kuwait during much of the Gulf War. A first cousin of former Ba'athist Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, al-Majid became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his alleged role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia rebels of the south. Repressive measures included deportations and mass killings; al-Majid was dubbed "Chemical Ali" (علي الكيماوي, Ali Al-Kīmyāwī) by Iraqis for his use of chemical weapons in attacks against the Kurds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Hassan al-Majid is the 10th most popular public worker (down from 9th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 56th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Public Worker.

Ali hassan al-majid is most famous for being the Iraqi General who was in charge of the Anfal Campaign, which was a campaign of genocide against the Kurdish people.

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS

Among public workers, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 10 out of 15. Before him are Joseph Fouché, Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Robert Walpole, and Thomas Cromwell. After him are Markus Wolf, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Pascal Lamy, Susan Dougan, and Chelsea Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 52. Before him are David Johnston, Bobby Moore, Dennis Ritchie, Wolfgang Petersen, John E. Walker, and Paul Simon. After him are Hank Marvin, George Clinton, Nathalie Delon, Viktor Zubkov, Frank Farian, and Ryan O'Neal. Among people deceased in 2010, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 26. Before him are Dennis Hopper, Néstor Kirchner, Vasily Smyslov, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and Zecharia Sitchin. After him are Francesco Cossiga, Harry Mulisch, Algirdas Brazauskas, Gennady Yanayev, Bruno Cremer, and Viktor Chernomyrdin.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 66 out of 384. Before him are Banū Mūsā (900), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Fuad Masum (1938), Ziryab (789), Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), and Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200). After him are Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948), Tariq Aziz (1936), Ibn Hisham (701), Abu Yusuf (731), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), and Tiglath-Pileser III (-755).

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS In Iraq

Among public workers born in Iraq, Ali Hassan al-Majid ranks 1. 

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