Adnan al-Hamdani

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Adnan al-Hamdani (died 1979) was an Iraqi official. He was appointed as the Minister of Planning in late 1975, [1] and as the Deputy Prime Minister five days before his execution in 1979 as part of the 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge. [2] He was reportedly shot dead by Barzan al-Tikriti. [2] [3]

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  1. ↑ Coughlin, Con (2002). Saddam: The Secret Life. London, U.K.: MacMillan. p. 128. ISBN   0-333-78200-3. In order to put the chemical weapons plan into effect in late 1975, Saddam moved Adnan al-Hamdani to the all-powerful Ministry of Planning where he could oversee Iraq's entire industrial development.
  2. 1 2 Coughlin, Con (2002). Saddam: The Secret Life. London, U.K.: MacMillan. pp. 159–161. ISBN   0-333-78200-3. The most surprising name on the list was that of Adnan Hussein al-Hamdani, whom Saddam had only five days previously appointed his deputy prime minister and head of the president's office.
  3. ↑ Hamza, Khidhir (2000). Saddam's Bombmaker. New York: Scribner. p. 114. ISBN   978-0684873862.
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