Abdul Jabbar Shanshal

Colonel General Abdul Jabbar Shanshal
عبد الجبار شنشل
Minister of Defense
In office May 1989 – December 1990
Preceded by	Adnan Khairallah
Succeeded by	Saadi Toma Abbas
Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces
In office 1970–1984
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
Personal details
Born	عبد الجبار خليل شنشل البكري Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal al-Bakri 1920 Mosul, Mandatory Iraq
Died	20 September 2014(2014-09-20) (aged 93–94) Amman, Jordan
Resting place	Iraqi Army Martyrs Cemetery
Political party	Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Parent	Hassan Abd al-Majid
Nickname	"Abu Muthanna"
Military service
Allegiance	Iraq
Branch/service	Iraqi Army
Years of service	1940–2003
Rank	General officer
Battles/wars	Anglo-Iraqi War 1943 Barzani revolt 1948 Arab–Israeli War First Iraqi–Kurdish War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War.

General Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal al-Bakri (Arabic: عبد الجبار خليل شنشل البكري) (1920 – 20 September 2014) was an Iraqi general officer and minister, he held also the position of minister of military affairs and chief of staff.

Iraq army senior Generals in the 1960s at the Gizlani military base in Mosul-Iraq, second from right, Khaleel Jassim, Saeed Alshiekh, Abduljabar Shenshal, Abdul Razaq al-Saied Mahmood, Saeed Hammo, in the back also Kanaan Naif al-Malah and Saeed Salah Katan.

He graduated from the Iraqi military college in Baghdad in 1940 (cycle 18)

In his early military life fought in 1941 against the British in the Anglo-Iraqi War and in 1948 against Israel as a junior officer.

He rose in the ranks to become Chief of Staff of Iraqi Armed Forces (1970-1984), supervised the expansion of the army from 6 to 60 divisions, led the 4th campaign against Kurdish insurgents in the 1970s, became minister of defense 1989 to 1991, served as military advisor until the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

Mosul senior offices 1966, khalil jassim, abduljabar shanshal, Abd Alrazak, Saed Al sheik, Saed Qatan, Kanan Al Malah