Dr. Abdul Razak al-Hashimi () is a former

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

i diplomat, Minister of Higher Education, and senior advisor to

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

. Hashimi graduated from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

in 1969. In 1974, he was part of a delegation to

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to negotiate the purchase of nuclear reactors. He led Iraq's ''Organisation of Friendship, Peace, and Solidarity'' to counter the 2003 Invasion of Iraq with human shield volunteers.Edwards, Charlotte
Inside the deluded world of the 'human shields'
''The Telegraph'', 2 March 2003

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Boston University alumni Diplomats for Iraq Higher Education ministers of Iraq Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians {{Iraq-politician-stub