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Ali Hasan al-Majid

Ali Hassan al-Majid
علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريتي
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Ali Hassan al-Majid at an investigative hearing in 2004
Governor of Kuwait
In office
August 1990 – February 1991
Preceded by Position created
Succeeded by Position abolished
Director of the Intelligence Service
In office
1995 – 9 April 2003
Preceded by Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Succeeded by Position abolished
Minister of Defense
In office
1991–1995
Preceded by Saadi Tuma Abbas
Succeeded by Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai
Minister of Interior
In office
March 1991 – April 1991
Secretary of the Northern Bureau of the Iraqi Regional Branch
In office
March 1987 – April 1989
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
In office
June 1982 – 9 April 2003
Personal details
Born علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريتي
ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī

1941?
Tikrit, Iraq
Died 25 January 2010(2010-01-25) (aged 68)
Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of death Executed by hanging
Nationality Iraqi
Political party Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Relations Saddam Hussein (first cousin)
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Nickname(s) "Chemical Ali"
Allegiance Iraq
Service/branch Iraqi Army
Years of service 1959–2003
Rank Iraqi general Colonel General
Commands National Defense Battalions
Battles/wars

Kurdish–Iraqi conflict
Iran–Iraq War

Persian Gulf War
Iraq War


Kurdish–Iraqi conflict
Iran–Iraq War

Persian Gulf War
Iraq War

Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; Arabic: علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريتي‎‎; 1941? - January 2010) was a Ba'athist Iraqi Defense Minister, Interior Minister, military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.

A first cousin of former Ba'athist Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, he became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia rebels of the south. Repressive measures included deportations and mass killings; al-Majid was dubbed "Chemical Ali" (علي الكيماوي, Ali Al-Kīmāwiiyy) by Iraqis for his use of chemical weapons in attacks against the Kurds.

Al-Majid was captured following the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. He was convicted in June 2007 and was sentenced to death for crimes of genocide against the Kurds committed in the al-Anfal campaign of the 1980s. His appeal of the death sentence was rejected on 4 September 2007, and he was sentenced to death for the fourth time on 17 January 2010 and was hanged eight days later, on 25 January 2010.


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