Salih Mahdi Ammash | |
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صالح مهدي عماش | |
| Vice President of Iraq | |
| In office April 1970 – December 1971 Serving with Saddam Hussein and Hardan al-Tikriti | |
| President | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Preceded by | Hardan al-Tikriti |
| Succeeded by | Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf |
| Member of theRegional Command of theIraqi Regional Branch | |
| In office 11 November 1963 – September 1971 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1924 |
| Died | 30 January 1985(1985-01-30) (aged 60–61) |
| Political party | Iraqi Regional Branch of theArab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Alma mater | Baghdad Military College andBaghdad Staff College |
Salih Mahdi Ammash (Arabic:صالح مهدي عماش; 1924 – 30 January 1985) was an Iraqi historian, writer, author, poet andIraqi Regional Branch politician and Iraqi army officer who sat on theRegional Command from 1963 to 1971.
He was born into a peasant family in Baghdad, 1924.[1] Ammash attended theBaghdad Military College and theBaghdad Staff College.[1] He joined theBa'ath Party in 1952 and become one of the first military Ba'athists in the Iraqi Regional Branch.[1] Ammash was a member of the Free Officers Movement which toppled theIraqi monarchy.[1]
Ammash was elected to the Regional Command for three separate terms.[2] He also served as one of the vice presidents ofAhmed Hassan al-Bakr.
In 1975, Ammash became the first ambassador of Iraq to Finland. In January 1985, while still in Helsinki, he suddenly became ill and died of natural causes, there was a conspiracy that he waspoisoned on the orders of Iraqi leaderSaddam Hussein.[3]But this accusation is poorly backed-up, and there is no proof Saddam Hussein had ever ordered it, and the average life expectancy in Iraq in 1985 was 60 years old, which was the age Ammash passed at, so it is most likely he died of natural causes.[4]
His daughterHuda became the first and only female member of the Regional Command on 18 May 2001.[1]
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