The following lists events that happened during

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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 ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

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 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

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Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (; 1924 – 7 August 2009) was an Iraqi-Kurdish politician and diplomat who served as the Vice president of Iraq from 1974 until the U.S. invasion in April 2003. He was also a member of the Revolutionary Command Council, ...

Taha Yassin Ramadan Taha Yassin Ramadan al-Jazrawi (; 20 February 1938 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the vice president of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 and the commander of the Pop ...

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (; 1 July 1942 – 26 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician, military officer and field marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States ...

Events

* 24 March – Iraqi parliamentary election are held, the

Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology ...

wins 161 seats out of 250, with significant gains to independent candidates as well as the appointment of 30 MPs to represent

Kurdistan Kurdistan (, ; ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo- cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. G ...

. * 20 May – Iraq accepts and signs the revised

Oil-for-Food Programme The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP) was established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary I ...

. * 31 August – at the request of the

Kurdistan Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party (), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the ruling Political party, party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Government. It was founded in 1946 in Mahabad in Iranian Kurdistan. ...

leadership, Iraqi troops captured the

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the Disputed territories of Northern Iraq, disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describes its goals as self-determination, human rights, democracy a ...

held city of

Erbil Erbil (, ; , ), also called Hawler (, ), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is the capital of the Erbil Governorate. Human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC. At the h ...

and the Battle of Erbil took place as part of the

Kurdish Civil War The Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (, 'fratricidal war') was a civil war that took place between rival Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan during the mid-1990s, mostly between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party. ...

. * 3 September– a US cruise missile airstrike campaign codenamed

Operation Desert Strike The 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq, codenamed Operation Desert Strike, were joint United States Navy–United States Air Force strikes conducted on 3 September against Anti-aircraft warfare, air defense targets in southern Ba'athist Iraq, ...

is launched in retaliation of the Iraqi army involvement in the Kurdish Civil War. * 10 December – The Oil-for-Food Programme implementation begins with the first Iraqi oil export.

Births

* 10 January –

Tara Fares Tara Fares (; 10 January 1996 – 27 September 2018) was an Iraqi model, beauty blogger and Instagram star. Biography Fares was born in Baghdad, her father is an Iraqi Christian and her mother a Lebanese Shiite. Fares was forced to get married ...

, model and influencer.(d.1918) * 19 January – Ali Yousif Hashim, footballer. * 22 March –

Aymen Hussein Ayman Hussein Ghadhban Al-Mafraje (; born 22 March 1996), nicknamed Abu Tubar (), is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League side Al-Wakrah, on loan from Al-Khor, and the Iraqi national team. A prolific g ...

, footballer. * 25 May – Sherko Kareem Lateef, footballer. * 19 August –

Ahmed Basil Fadhil Ahmed Basil Fadhil Al Fadhli (; born 19 August 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team. Club career Early years Basil started his career at Al-T ...

, footballer. * 16 November –

Manaf Younis Manaf Younus Hashim Al-Tekreeti (; born 16 November 1996) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Iraqi Premier League club Al-Shorta and the Iraq national team. Younis scored the winner in the 123rd minute of the 25t ...

, footballer. * 6 December –

Mohammed Qasim Majid Mohammed Qasim Majid Al-Shammari (; born 6 December 1996) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Iraq Stars League club Al-Najaf. International career On 7 June 2019, Qasim made his first international cap with Iraq against Tuni ...

, footballer. * 22 December – Bashar Resan Bonyan, footballer.

Deaths

* 23 February –

Hussein Kamel al-Majid Colonel General Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid () (1954 – 23 February 1996) was an Iraqi military officer and the son-in-law and first cousin once removed of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and assisted United ...

, Saddam Hussein's son-in-law (b.1960) * 23 February –

Saddam Kamel Saddam Kamel Hassan al-Majid (; 1 June 1960 – 23 February 1996) was the first cousin once removed and son-in-law of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. He was also a part-time actor. Biography He was married to Rana Hussein and was the ...

, Saddam Hussein's son-in-law (b.1960) * 11 March –

Zaki al-Sarraf Zaki Abd al-Husayn Bedget al-Asadi (; 1932 – March 11, 1996), better known as Zaki al-Sarraf, was an Iraqi journalist and poet. He was a leading figure in both Arabic and Persian literature. Family al-Sarraf hails from the prominent literary ...

, journalist and poet. * 15 October –

Toma Tomas Toma Tomas () (1924-1996), also known by his nom de guerre Abu Joseph, was a Chaldean politician and the leader of al-Ansar, a communist, Marxist–Leninist militia in Iraq which fought on behalf of the Iraqi Communist Party against the Iraqi go ...

, Iraqi Assyrian politician (b.1924) * 22 October –

Mustafa Jamal al-Din Mustafa Jamal al-Din, (Arabic: مصطفى جمال الدين) was an Iraqi Shi'ite scholar, poet, and writer. He was born in Suq Al-Shuyukh and studied in Najaf. He is a Shi'ite faqih and has numerous works of literature, including a collectio ...

, scholar and writer. (b.1926)

References

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