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Tariq Aziz

1936 - 2015

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Tariq Aziz (Syriac: ܛܐܪܩ ܥܙܝܙ, Arabic: طارق عزيز Ṭāriq ʿAzīz, 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Additionally, Aziz was a member of the Revolutionary Command Council and the Regional Command of the Iraqi Branch of the Ba'ath Party. Ethnically Assyrian, he was both an Arab nationalist and a Chaldean Catholic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tariq Aziz is the 2,599th most popular politician (down from 2,026th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 59th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Tariq Aziz is most famous for being the foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tariq Aziz ranks 2,599 out of 19,576. Before him are Dagobert III, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Amin al-Hafiz, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Bao Zheng, and Sobekneferu. After him are Emperor Sakuramachi, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Antigonus II Gonatas, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Stephen III of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Tariq Aziz ranks 41. Before him are Robert Downey Sr., Georges Perec, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Clark, Alan J. Heeger, and Roy Orbison. After him are Buddy Holly, Michael Landon, Émile Lahoud, Yasuo Fukuda, Burt Reynolds, and B. J. Habibie. Among people deceased in 2015, Tariq Aziz ranks 35. Before him are Ulrich Beck, Khaled al-Asaad, Yoichiro Nambu, Manoel de Oliveira, Richard F. Heck, and Otto Carius. After him are Maya Plisetskaya, Zito, Eduardo Galeano, Alcides Ghiggia, Wes Craven, and Benedict Anderson.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Tariq Aziz ranks 68 out of 384. Before him are Fuad Masum (1938), Ziryab (789), Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200), Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941), and Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948). After him are Ibn Hisham (701), Abu Yusuf (731), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Tiglath-Pileser III (-755), Shalmaneser I (-1400), and Berossus (-400).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Tariq Aziz ranks 38. Before him are Nabopolassar (-658), Al-Amin (787), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Fuad Masum (1938), Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), and Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200). After him are Tiglath-Pileser III (-755), Shalmaneser I (-1400), Urukagina (-2500), Al-Muqtadir (895), Sargon I (-1900), and Al-Mu'tadid (854).

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