Naji Talib
Naji Talib | |
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ناجي طالب | |
Subhi Abdul Hamed | |
Succeeded by | Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] Nasiriyah, Ottoman Empire | 1 July 1917[
Died | 23 March 2012 Baghdad, Iraq[citation needed] | (aged 94)
Naji Talib
Early life
Talib was born in 1917 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. His family were from the landowning class in Iraq; his father was a landowner in and mayor of Nasiriyah and a member of parliament.
Military career
Talib was educated at the British Military Academy from 1936 to 1939. During 1954 and 1955 he was stationed in
Political career
In 1956 Staff Colonel Naji Talib was the commandant of the Senior Officers School in Baghdad. During this year he proposed the immediate union of Iraq with the United Arab Republic upon an antagonistic intervention by any of the parties to the Baghdad Pact, The Supreme committee committed itself unanimously to the proposal. In 1957 Naji Talib became the second deputy chairman of the Free Officers Movement in Iraq.[2] Naji Talib's role in government included taking up the positions of
Later activities
On 7 November 2004 a proposal was sent to then
On 22 October 2005 Talib was acting as a negotiator for the
He died on 23 March 2012, aged 94 in Baghdad.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Bahrain News Agency | Former Iraqi Prime Minister Dies". Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Batatu, H: The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq - A study of Iraq's Old Landed and Commercial Classes and of its Communists, Ba'thists and Free Officers, Princeton University Press, 1978.
- ^ "Iraqi civil-society initiative for fact-finding and reconciliation in Fallujah". brusselstribunal. 7 November 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Arab League aide said to return to Iraq for reconciliation". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2009.