Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
| Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri عزت ابراهيم الدوري |
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Portrait of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
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| Regional Secretary of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party | |
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Assumed office 3 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Saddam Hussein |
| Deputy Secretary of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
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In office September 1991 – 3 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Taha Yassin Ramadan |
| Succeeded by | Unknown |
| Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
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In office 16 July 1979 – 9 April 2003 |
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| President | Saddam Hussein |
| Preceded by | Saddam Hussein |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
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Assumed office October 1966 – 9 April 2003 |
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1 July 1942 Ad-Dawr, Saladin Province Kingdom of Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Iraqi Ba'ath Party |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Naqshbandi) |
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 Ba'athist Iraq Naqshbandi Army
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| Service/branch | Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | 1962–2003 |
| Rank |
 Field Marshal
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| Unit | Political Guidance Directorate |
| Commands | 2nd Infantry Division (1977–1981) |
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Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (Arabic: عزت ابراهيم الدوري ‘Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; born 1 July 1942) is a former Iraqi statesman and military commander. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and was regarded as the closest advisor and deputy under former President Saddam Hussein. He led the Iraqi insurgent Naqshbandi Army.
Al-Douri is the most high-profile Ba'athist official to successfully evade capture after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and was the king of clubs in the infamous most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. Al-Douri continued to lead elements of the Iraqi insurgency such as the Naqshbandi Army against the then-occupation forces and waged an insurgency against the current regime in Baghdad. Following the execution of Saddam Hussein on 30 December 2006, al-Douri was confirmed as the new leader of the banned Iraqi Ba'ath Party on 3 January 2007. Al-Douri was reportedly killed in action—along with his nine bodyguards—on 17 April 2015 in a large-scale military operation by Shiite militias and Iraqi forces near the Al-Alaas oil fields in Hemreen east of Tikrit. The Shiite militant organization Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq has alleged to have killed him and transported his apparent body to Baghdad to confirm its identity. According to the BBC, Shiite militias claimed to have killed him, but the Iraqi Baath party denies his death, and his death has not been confirmed. A Kurdish news source also reported that Iraq did not have al-Douri's DNA to confirm his death.
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