Saber Abdel Aziz al-Douri () (born 1 July 1949) is a former Iraqi politician, intelligence officer and Governor of Bagdad.

Background

Aziz comes from

Ad-Dawr Ad-Dawr () is a small agricultural town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, near Tikrit. It includes a great number of people from four tribes, al-Shuwaykhat, al-Mawashet, al-Bu Haydar and al-Bu Mdallal. Al-Mawashet tribe is famous for supporting Saddam ...

, and is a member of the Albu Haidar tribe in

Saladin Governorate The Saladin, Salah ad Din, or Salah Al-Din Governorate (, ) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of , with an estimated population of 1,042,200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with the capital being T ...

Career

Military career

Aziz graduated from the Iraqi Military Academy in March 1967, and then later went on to graduate from the Staff College. During his career in the military he held numerous positions; *Commander of the 14th tank battalion. *Commander of the 10th Armoured Brigade. *Commander of the 17th Armored Division. *Director of military strategy in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. *Promoted to membership of the General Command of the Armed Forces in July 1985. *Was appointed Director of General Military Intelligence in April 1986. *Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1989. He was later appointed to several political posts. Between 1996 and 2001 he served as Governor of Karbala Province, and following this he served as Governor of Baghdad Province from 2001 to 2003.

Iraqi Special Tribunal

Aziz was charged by the Iraqi Special Tribunal with war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to his role as the Director of Military Intelligence during the

al-Anfal Campaign The Anfal campaign was a counterinsurgency operation which was carried out by Ba'athist Iraq from February to September 1988 during the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict at the end of the Iran–Iraq War. The campaign targeted rural Kurds because its pu ...

. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

References

1949 births Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Governors of Baghdad Governorate Governors of Karbala Governorate Iraqi generals Kurdish genocide perpetrators Living people Iraqi people convicted of war crimes Iraqi people convicted of crimes against humanity Iraqi politicians convicted of crimes Iraqi prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Iraq {{Iraq-mil-bio-stub