Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly

Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly (Arabic: عبدالكريم الشيخلي; April 28, 1937 – April 8, 1980) was an Iraqi politician, diplomat and minister.[1]

Biography

Al-Shaikhly was born on April 28, 1937. Coming from an aristocratic family, he was a cousin and classmate of Saddam Hussein and it is believed Saddam used his birthday as his own.[2][3] Hussein escaped prison with him in 1964.[4][5]

Shaikhly founded Jihaz Haneen, a paramilitary organization run by Hussein until President Abdul Rahman Arif was overthrown in the 17 July Revolution of 1968.[6]

Al-Shaikhly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 31 July 1968 to 29 September 1971, and as Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1972 to 1974.[7]

Shaikhly was recalled to Baghdad in late 1978.[8] Upon his arrival, he was arrested and prosecuted for criticising Saddam Hussein's government while he was in New York, and sentenced to six years in prison but released a year later.[8] Within weeks, on April 8, 1980, he was assassinated while visiting a post office by two members of the Iraqi Intelligence Service on Hussein's order.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "قصة حياة عبدالكريم الشيخلي و وزراء اخرين". Algardenia. January 31, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
  2. ^ https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4571141-allawi-asharq-al-awsat-saddam-was-brave-young-man-power-transformed-him-tyrant
  3. ^ "PREVIOUS MOFA MINISTERS". MOFA. Archived from the original on 2019-05-12.
  4. ^ "Saddam Hussein's political portrait - compiled for Foreign Minister Frigyes Puja prior to the Iraqi leader's visit to Hungary in May 1975". Wilson Center. March 26, 1975. Retrieved November 8, 2025. He remained in prison until 1966 (where he escaped from with his friend: Abdul Karim al-Sheikly – former minister of Foreign Affairs).
  5. ^ "بعثيون من العراق اغتالهم صدام". News Abah. July 11, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05.
  6. ^ Coughlin, Con (2002). Saddam: The Secret Life. London, U.K.: MacMillan. p. 62. ISBN 0-333-78200-3. The organization itself was the brainchild of Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly, although Shaikhly himself was more of an ideologue, an intelligence figure who, having argued for the creation of a paramilitary wing, was quite content to leave the day-to-day administration to Saddam.
  7. ^ "قصر النهاية". Alshirazi. Archived from the original on 2003-03-03.
  8. ^ a b c Coughlin, Con (2002). Saddam: The Secret Life. London, U.K.: MacMillan. p. 164. ISBN 0-333-78200-3.
  9. ^ Coughlin, Con (2002). Saddam: The Secret Life. London, U.K.: MacMillan. p. 93. ISBN 0-333-78200-3.
  10. ^ Aburish, Said (2000). Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge. London: Bloomsbury. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-58234-050-0.
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