Rafi' Dahham Mejwel Al-Hazza Al-Tikriti (; 24 April 1937 – 11 October 1999) was

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 ...

’s second cousin, member of the

Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council The Revolutionary Command Council () was the ultimate decision-making body in Ba'athist Iraq. Established after the 17 July Revolution, 1968 Iraqi coup, It exercised both executive power, executive and legislative authority in the country, wit ...

, Director of the

Iraqi Intelligence Service : The Iraqi Intelligence Service () also known as the Mukhabarat, General Intelligence Directorate, or Party Intelligence, was an 8,000-man agency and the main state intelligence organization in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The IIS was primarily co ...

, the former Iraqi Ambassador to

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, and former Head of the Iraqi Secret Services, which is equivalent to the

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...

(FBI) of the United States when conducting domestic activities. He was one of the well known political figures in Iraq. The former Iraqi Government during

era announced his official death date as 11 October 1999, whereupon he was buried in

Tikrit Tikrit ( ) is a city in Iraq, located northwest of Baghdad and southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. In 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000. Originally created as a f ...

, Salah ad Din, which is the home town of many senior members of the Iraqi government during the Saddam era.

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1937 births 1999 deaths Iraqi writers Government ministers of Iraq Iraqi Sunni Muslims Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Ambassadors of Iraq to Turkey Ambassadors of Iraq to Spain 20th-century diplomats {{Iraq-politician-stub