Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai

Ahmed Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai
Ahmed Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai
أَحْمَد حُسَيْن خُضَيْر السَّامَرَّائِيّ
Prime Minister of Iraq
	In office; September 5, 1993 – April 9, 1994
President	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi
Succeeded by	Saddam Hussein
Personal details
Born	2 July 1941 (age 83)[citation needed]; Samarra, Kingdom of Iraq

Ahmed Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai (Arabic: أَحْمَد حُسَيْن خُضَيْر السَّامَرَّائِيّ; born 2 July^{[citation needed]} 1941) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1993 to 1994, during the rule of President Saddam Hussein. He was Minister of Finance from July 1992 to May 1994.^[1]

Samarrai maintained the position of chief of the general staff over the years, and was his last position in the presidency office until 2003, post American invasion.^[2]

He surrendered to the U.S. forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Later on, he was sentenced in 2006.

Early life

He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree

Career

The most prominent positions he held...

Minister of Youth 1982-1983 in the government headed by Saddam Hussein

Head of the Presidency of the Republic (1984 - 1991).

Minister of Finance (March 1991 - September 1991) in the government of Saadoun Hammadi

Minister of Foreign Affairs - succeeding Tariq Aziz - (September 1991 - July 1992) in the government of Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaidi.

Minister of Finance (July 1992 - September 1993) in the government of Mohammed Hamza Al-Zubaidi.

Prime Minister of Iraq from 5-9-1993 to 29-5-1994.

He was chosen for the second time as head of the Presidency of the Republic from 1995 until the American occupation forces entered Baghdad in 2003. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the occupation government and is now in captivity.