Latif Nassif Jassim
Iraqi politician (1941–2021)
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Latif Nassif Jassim (Arabic: لطيف نصيف جاسم; 1941 – 30 August 2021) was an Iraqi politician and leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
1941
Latif Nassif Jassim | |
|---|---|
لطيف نصيف جاسم | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 5 April 1977 – 16 July 1979 | |
| Minister of Culture and Information | |
| In office 16 July 1979 – 23 March 1991 | |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | |
| In office 5 September 1993 – 2 January 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Latif Nassif Jassim Al-Dulaimi 1941 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Died | 30 August 2021 (aged 79–80) Baghdad, Iraq |
| Party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Biography
Latif Nassif Jassim was born in 1941 and belonged to the Dulaim tribe. He joined the Ba'ath party in 1957 and was arrested after the 18 November 1963 movement.[1][2]
He held ministerial positions from 1977 until 1996. He was appointed minister of agriculture and agrarian reform on 5 April 1977, minister of culture and media until 1991 and minister of labor and social affairs until 1996.[1]
His name was included in the list of Iraqis wanted by the United States at number 18, and he was the "10 of Clubs" in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.[3][4][5]
Jassim was arrested on 9 June 2003, and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 in Al-Hout prison in the case of the murder of Mohammad al-Sadr.[6]
In 2017, Iraqi parliament passed a law to confiscate all property of 52 people related to Ba'ath party regime including Jassim.[7]
