Abdul Jawad Dhanuun
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Preceded byAbdul Jabbar Shanshal
Succeeded bySaad Eddin Aziz Mustafa
Succeeded byMahmoud Shaker Shaheen
Bornعبد الجواد ذنون
Abdul Jawad Dhanuun
1936
Abdul Jawad Dhanuun
1936
Colonel General Abdul Jawad Dhanuun | |
|---|---|
عبد الجواد ذنون | |
 Dhanuun in his office | |
| Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces | |
| In office 1984–1986 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Jabbar Shanshal |
| Succeeded by | Saad Eddin Aziz Mustafa |
| Director of the Directorate of General Military Intelligence | |
| In office 1980–1983 | |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Shaker Shaheen |
| Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | عبد الجواد ذنون Abdul Jawad Dhanuun 1936 |
| Died | 15 November 2020 (aged 83–84) |
| Party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Iraq |
| Branch/service | Iraqi Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1960–2003 |
| Rank |  Colonel General |
| Battles/wars | |
Abdul Jawad Dhanuun (Arabic: عبد الجواد ذنون) was a former Iraqi military officer, who formerly served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Director of Military Intelligence and the Governor of Nineveh Governorate.[1]
He was born in Mosul in 1936. He completed his secondary education in 1960 and enrolled in the Baghdad Military Academy.[2]