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Engineer Shaul Sassoon | |
|---|---|
| Director of Ministry of Industry and Minerals | |
| In office 1997–2003 | |
| President | Saddam Hussein (also prime minister) |
| Vice President | |
| Deputy | Tariq Aziz |
| Technical Director of Iraqi Cement Company | |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Member of Iraqi Jewish Committee | |
| In office 1991–2007 | |
| Deputy | Naji Salman Salih |
| Leader | Emad Levy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 25, 1950 Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Nationality |  Iraqi |
| Parent(s) | Khabir Sasson, Umm Shaul |
| Education | Masters of Engineering |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ba'athist Iraq(1980–1988) |
| Branch/service |  Iraqi Ground Forces |
| Battles/wars | |
Engineer Shaul Sassoon (born 1950), locally known as Expert Shaul is an Iraqi engineer, civil officer, business envoy, trade unionist and commercial attaché, who worked in the state-owned enterprises of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Sassoon was also a member of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and the Iraqi Jewish Council based in Baghdad, which is the umbrella organization for the Jewish community of Iraq.
He belongs to a Mosaic Jewish family from Baghdad. Sassoon holds a master's engineering degree from the University of Baghdad. He worked as a government employee until the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which increased fear among Iraq's remaining Jews. After the invasion, he left the country and moved abroad later on.
Early life
[edit]Shaul Sasson was born in 1947 to an Iraqi Jewish family of the Mosaic sect in Baghdad. His family also has roots from Basra in southern Iraq. He grew up in Bataween neighborhood of Baghdad. Sasson attended the Shamash School and later the Frank Inny School, which is in his neighbourhood.[1][2]
In 1967, Iraq participated alongside the Arab states of Syria, Egypt and Jordan in the Six-Day War, which they lost to Israel. Repressive laws against Jews were taken by the government, which restricted them from work and education. The Jews were placed under house arrest. As the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party came to power in 1968, the situation of Jews gradually improved. They had access to education and work, which created opportunities for Jews like Sassoon. After schooling, he earned his master's degree from the University of Baghdad.[1]
Career
[edit]After graduating from the University of Baghdad, Sassoon worked as an engineer.[3] At the time when the Ba’ath Party eased restrictions and gave privileges to Jews, Shaul seized the opportunity and worked as an engineer in Baghdad on various projects.[4][5]
During the Iran–Iraq War from 1980 to 1988, the government implemented mandatory military service, requiring many young men to serve in the armed forces.[3] This included both regular conscription and additional recruitment drives during the war.[3] Sassoon, along with several other young Jews served in the army.[6] Among them were also Iraq's last rabbi, Emad Levy and his brother Solla Levy. Both sons of Ezra Levy were prominent merchants in Baghdad.[6] In the army, his position was in the engineering department.[6] Sassoon's military service was completed during the subsequent end of the war.[3]
In 1988, he was part of a trade mission to China as part of a government delegation, alongside another Jewish chemist from Basra.[7] At that time, China was one of the biggest trade partners of Iraq and continues to this day.[6]
Later, he worked in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in the mid-1990s.[8] He was appointed as Technical Expert in the Iraqi Cement Company, when it was established in 1997, under the ministry.[9] In its early years, the company adopted an independent production and marketing policy, guided by the powers granted to its Board of Directors under the Public Companies Law No. 22 of 1997.[9]
The company’s expert staff in technical and administrative fields helped shape these policies, focusing on supplying the local market with national products that conform to Iraqi standards.[9] The Technical department was headed by Sassoon.[9] During his tenure, the company achieved the distinction degree for three consecutive years in 1997, 1998 and 1999, in the differential competition organized by the Ministry of Industry and Minerals among its companies.[9] Among them, the assistant won first place in the evaluation organized by the Industrial Committee of the Council of Ministers in 1997, and obtained 98% of the points, making it the first among more than 60 industrial companies.[9]
As a result of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and after the Gulf War, subsequent sanctions were imposed on Iraq.[10] During this time, he worked for the establishment of factories.[11] Sassoon also tried to help helped the Jews of Iraq by establishing factories across the country, who were facing difficulties during the sanctions.[11]
Sassoon was one of the prominent Jews during the Ba'ath era.[3] He was a member of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, which was headed by Reuben Alias and Deputy Head Naji Salman Salih.[3]
Later and personal life
[edit]Sassoon lived in Bataween, the main Jewish neighborhood of Baghdad and visited the Meir Taweig Synagogue regularly and held prayers, with a minyan.[12][13] In March 2003, the United States-led coalition forces invaded and occupied Iraq.[3] After the fall of Baghdad in April, the government was overthrown.[3] Sassoon was among the last Jews who remained in Iraq,[3] the remaining lived in fear.[3] Jews, along with Christians, Mandaeans and even Muslims were subjected to kidnappings house burning and death threats.[3] Later on, he left Iraq and went abroad.[3] Sassoon is married and has children.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Mumtazabdullahahsan (2024-11-21). "Jews of Iraq during Saddam Hussein". Medium. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "واشنطن "تتلاعب" بموعد تسليم "الكنز".. أين أرشيف العراقيين اليهود؟". الترا عراق | Ultra Iraq (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l alwatan (2018-12-21). "أصداف: يهود العراق يعيشون الحرب والحصار". الوطن (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "By the Gleam of Her Teeth, She Will Light the Path Before Her", The Physics of Imaginary Objects, University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 51–54, doi:10.2307/j.ctt5hjq49.11, retrieved 2024-11-23
- ^ Mumtazabdullahahsan (2024-11-23). "Last prominent Jews of Iraq". Medium. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ a b c d "The Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF). October 1988.
- ^ "The Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF). October 1988.
- ^ "The Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF). October 1988.
- ^ a b c d e f "..الشركة العامة للسمنت الجنوبية." www-southern--cement-com.translate.goog. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "The Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF). October 1988.
- ^ a b البيان. "الجميع يعانون من الحصار، مسلمون ومسيحيون ويهود". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF).
- ^ "Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF).
- ^ "Scribe: The Babylonian Jewish Journal" (PDF).