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Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti

1951 - 2007

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Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (Arabic: برزان إبراهيم الحسن التكريتي; 17 February 1951 – 15 January 2007), also known as Barzan Hassan, was an Iraqi politician, diplomat and intelligence officer. He was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein and served as the leader of the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelligence service. As the head of the Mukhabarat, he was responsible for ordering the killings of dissidents. Despite falling out of favour with Saddam at one time, he was believed to have been a close presidential adviser at the time of his capture by U.S. forces in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti is the 6,672nd most popular politician (down from 5,866th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 164th in 2019) and the 116th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 6,672 out of 19,576. Before him are Joan III, Countess of Burgundy, Sidónio Pais, Henry Pelham, Matvei Zakharov, Anker Jørgensen, and Samori Ture. After him are King Kang of Zhou, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Erich Naumann, and Adalbert, Margrave of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 107. Before him are Behgjet Pacolli, Duncan Haldane, Joey Ramone, Laimdota Straujuma, Roberto Durán, and Isabel Preysler. After him are Treat Williams, John Gray, Bao Xishun, Don Rosa, Joe Pantoliano, and Zdravko Čolić. Among people deceased in 2007, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 92. Before him are John Woodruff, Yvonne De Carlo, Bauer, Ira Levin, E. Howard Hunt, and Sol LeWitt. After him are Denny Doherty, Luigi Comencini, André Gorz, Sri Chinmoy, Pierre Messmer, and Viliam Schrojf.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 176 out of 384. Before him are Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Eannatum (-2500), Mahmud Barzanji (1878), David Sassoon (1792), Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), and Ibn Muqla (886). After him are Ninus (null), Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766), Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Lugalbanda (null), and Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti ranks 116. Before him are Barham Salih (1960), Adil Abdul-Mahdi (1942), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Eannatum (-2500), Mahmud Barzanji (1878), and Ibn Muqla (886). After him are Ninus (null), Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766), Lugalbanda (null), Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1947), Ayad Allawi (1944), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (1954).

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