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Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf

1940 - Today

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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf, born 30 July 1940) is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf is the 8,566th most popular politician (down from 5,571st in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 154th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 8,566 out of 19,576. Before him are Sinon, Stefan Vojislav, Richeza of Lotharingia, Smilets of Bulgaria, Uday Hussein, and Gytha of Wessex. After him are Sibylla of Anjou, John Fetterman, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Antalcidas, William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, and King Zhuang of Chu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 169. Before him are Mike Troy, Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Chromý, Graham Allison, Pedro Rodríguez, and Gloria Leonard. After him are Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, Jan Janssen, James Herbert Brennan, Mohammed Magariaf, James L. Brooks, and Dan Hedaya.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 207 out of 384. Before him are Aphrahat (280), Nadira (1932), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), Shalmaneser IV (-900), and Uday Hussein (1964). After him are Manishtushu (null), Shar-Kali-Sharri (null), An Shigao (101), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), Sa'dun Hammadi (1930), and Al-Sharif al-Radi (970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf ranks 134. Before him are Dudu of Akkad (-2300), Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882), Alulim (null), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), Shalmaneser IV (-900), and Uday Hussein (1964). After him are Manishtushu (null), Shar-Kali-Sharri (null), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), Sa'dun Hammadi (1930), Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi (640), and Qusay Hussein (1966).

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