Hussein Al-Awadi

{{Short description|Iraqi politician (born 1944)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hussein Al-Awadi | native_name = حسين العوادي | native_name_lang = ar | image = | caption = | order = | term_start = | term_end = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = | death_date = | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Iraqi Regional Branch]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] }}

'''Hussein Al-Awadi''' ({{langx|ar|حسين العوادي}}; born 1944) is a former Iraqi politician and member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Governor of [[Al Anbar Governorate|Anbar]] (1995), Governor of [[Najaf Governorate|Najaf]] (1996), and official of the party's organizations in [[Nineveh Governorate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.m.ahewar.org/s.asp?aid=187847&r=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005304/http://www.m.ahewar.org/s.asp?aid=187847&r=0 |archive-date=2018-10-31 |title=سمير يوسف الفيلي - الصداميون يتباكون خرفانهم السوداء...!!! |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2018-10-31 |accessdate=2022-07-03}}</ref>

==After the 2003 invasion== His name was included in the [[U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis|list of 55 Iraqis]] most wanted by the United States, and he was captured by U.S. forces on June 9, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2010/09/100902_iraq_playcards_tc2 |title=أبرز وجوه النظام العراقي السابق: أين هم الآن؟ - BBC News عربي |publisher=Bbc.com |date=2010-08-26 |accessdate=2022-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=207827&issueno=9148#.YsIGxITP2Ul |title=لائحة الـ55: 41 اعتقلوا أو قتلوا و14 مطاردون, أخبــــــار |publisher=Archive.aawsat.com |date=2003-12-15 |accessdate=2022-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2003 |title=Two more 'most wanted' Iraqis captured |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/06/11/iraqis.captured/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref>

Al-Awadi was indicted in the case of the suppression of the uprising in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ninanews.com/website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223083552/https://www.ninanews.com/website |archive-date=2020-02-23 |title=الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء| نينا |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2020-02-23 |accessdate=2022-07-03}}</ref>

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