Abdul Aziz al-Uqaili

Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili (Arabic: عبدالعزيز العقيلي, 1919 - 1981), was an Iraqi regular military officer and Minister. He served as Minister of Defense from 21 September 1965 until 18 April 1966^[1][2] under Iraqi President Abdul Salam Arif.

Biography

Al-'Uqaili was born in Mosul, a Northern city of Iraq in 1919. He graduated from Royal Military Academy in Baghdad in January 1938, and Staff Military College in 1945.^[1] Al-'Uqaili started studying law in 1946 and graduated from Law college in 1950.^[3] After the Iraqi Ba'ath Party Government overthrow by Abdul Salam Arif in November 1963, Al-'Uqaili was assigned to be Director of Iraqi ports in the Basra in the south of Iraq from 1963 until 21 September 1965.^[1][4] He later served as Minister of Defense from 1965 to 1966. Ba'athism caught him two months after they came to power on 17 July, 1968.^[4] The revolution court sentenced him to life imprisonment in 1970 and he died in prison on 7 May 1981.^[4][5]