Salah Al-Mukhtar

{{Short description|Iraqi politician (born 1944)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Salah Al-Mukhtar | native_name = {{Script/Arabic|صلاح المختار}} | native_name_lang = ar | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | office = [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)#Secretaries General|Secretary General of the National Command]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] | term_start = 3 November 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri]] | successor = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = [[Baghdad]], [[Kingdom of Iraq]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | party = [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Iraqi Ba'ath]] | spouse = | children = | occupation = Politician, diplomat | rank = [[File:IraqArmyRankInsignia-6.png|20px]] [[Colonel]] | service_years = {{circa|late 1970s - late 1980s}} | branch = [[File:Coat of arms of Iraq (1965–1991).svg|25px]] [[Iraqi Army]] | allegiance = {{flag|Iraq|1991}} }} '''Salah Al-Mukhtar''' ({{langx|ar|صلاح المختار}}; born 1944 in [[Baghdad]]) is an Iraqi [[Ba'athism|Ba'athist]] politician who is reportedly the current leader of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Iraqi Ba'ath Party]]. He was Deputy General Secretary of the [[Arab League]] and [[Saddam Hussein]]'s ambassador to many countries.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.tlaxcala.es/detail_auteurs.asp?lg=en&reference=398/|title=Salah Al-Mukhtar|publisher=tlaxcala.es|access-date=2021-08-07|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032753/http://www.tlaxcala.es/detail_auteurs.asp?lg=en&reference=398%2F|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.brussellstribunal.org/resistance.htm#Salah/|title=Iraqi Opposition Leader Speaks|publisher=brussellstribunal.org|access-date=2012-04-02|archive-date=2012-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328070859/http://www.brussellstribunal.org/resistance.htm#Salah/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He served in the [[Iran–Iraq War|Iran-Iraq war]] within the Iraqi Army attaining the rank of Colonel.

He left Iraq for [[Yemen]] following the [[US invasion of Iraq|US invasion]] in 2003, he then went to [[Germany]] during the [[Arab Spring]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elaph.com/Web/News/2021/06/1444856.html |title=تصدعات البعث العراقي: تخوين واتهامات بالجاسوسية |website=elaph.com |language=ar |date=25 June 2021 |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717120803/https://elaph.com/Web/News/2021/06/1444856.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 3 November 2020 he has been head of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, reportedly succeeding [[Izzat al-Douri]].<ref>[https://vk.com/wall-153203112_39299 Преемником Иззата Ибрагима ад-Дури на посту Генерального секретаря партии «Баас» стал заслуженный дипломат Саддама Хусейна] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807062627/https://vk.com/wall-153203112_39299 |date=2021-08-07 }} // Голос Арабов, 18 лістапада 2020 (суполка ў «[[VK (service)|УКантакце]]»)</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=February 2025}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.brussellstribunal.org/resistance.htm#Salah/ Iraqi Opposition Leader Speaks] *[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?219523/ Salah Al-Mukhtar Interview] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140401235153/http://www.geocities.jp/uruknewsjapan/2005Salah_al_Mukhtar_24072005.html Salah al-Mukhtar:The Iraqi Resistance is geared to keep on fighting for a decade to come]

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