{{Short description|Iraqi Baath member}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fadhil Mahmoud Gharib Al-Mashhadani <br /><small>فاضل محمود غريب المشهداني</small> | image = | image_size = | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Ba'ath Party]] | birth_date = 1944 | birth_place = [[Dujail]], [[Kingdom of Iraq]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | allegiance = {{Flagdeco|Iraq|1991}} [[Ba'athist Iraq]] | branch = [[Iraqi Army]] | service_years = | rank = | battles = [[Iran–Iraq War]]<br/>[[Gulf War]]<br/>[[2003 Invasion of Iraq|2003 Iraq War]] }} '''Fadhil Mahmoud Gharib Al-Mashhadani''' or '''Fadhil Mahmoud Gharib Al-Mashaikhi''' (born in [[Dujail|Al-Dujail]] in 1944)<ref>https://scsanctions.un.org/jp4bn-ar-iraq.html{{Dead link | date=April 2026 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> is an Iraqi politician, a member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Regional Leadership of the Arab Socialist]] [[Ba'ath Party]], and a former governor of [[Babylon Governorate|Babil]] and [[Karbala Governorate|Karbala]] provinces. He was also the head of the party's organizations in Babil province and the president of the Federation of Trade Unions in [[Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-02 |title=أبرز وجوه النظام العراقي السابق: أين هم الآن؟ |url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2010/09/100902_iraq_playcards_tc2 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=BBC News عربي |language=ar}}</ref>
He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Labor Organization from March 1983 to March 1987, and later as an alternate member from March 1996 to March 1998.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://alolabor.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/GBO_Formations_At_2016.pdf | title=قائمة بتشكيل مجلس إدارة منظمة العمل العربية للفترة من 1979 – 2016 | language=ar | trans-title=List of the composition of the Board of Directors of the Arab Labour Organization for the period from 1979 – 2016 | website=alolabor.org}}</ref>
His name appeared on [[U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis|the list of Iraqis wanted]] by the [[United States]] and was included in the deck of playing cards featuring [[Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards|the most wanted Iraqis]]. He was arrested on May 15, 2003, and released on December 18, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=كونا :: مصادر..القوات الامريكية تعتزم اطلاق سراح 12 معتقلا من رموز النظام البائد 19/03/2006 |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticlePrintPage.aspx?id=1601973&language=ar |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=www.kuna.net.kw}}</ref> He then moved to [[Syria]] and continued his political activities with the party.
In 2017, [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|the Iraqi Parliament]] passed a law confiscating the movable and immovable assets of [[Saddam Hussein]], his wives, children, grandchildren, relatives up to the second degree, and their agents, as well as the assets of 52 key figures from the former regime, including Fadhil Mahmoud Gharib.
He currently resides in [[Malaysia]], despite claims that [[Islamic State|ISIS]] executed him after they took over [[Mosul]] in 2014.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Ba'ath Party}} {{U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis}}
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