Salam al-Zaubai
Iraqi politician (died 2022)
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Salam al-Zaubai[a] (1958/1959 – 19 December 2022)[1] was an Iraqi politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 20 May 2006 to 1 August 2007 as well as the acting Defence Minister from 20 May 2006 to 8 June 2006.[2] He was elected to the Iraqi National Assembly in December 2005 as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front list.
Salam al-Zaubai | |
|---|---|
سلام الزوبعي | |
DPM Salam al-Zaubai (second from right) | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| In office 20 May 2006 – 1 August 2007 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 May 2006 – 8 June 2006 | |
| President | Jalal Talabani |
| Prime Minister | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958/1959 |
| Died | 19 December 2022 (aged 62–64) |
He was from a well known tribe, the Zoba'a, and headed the Agriculture Engineers Union.[3]
On 23 March 2007, al-Zaubai was wounded in an attack involving a suicide bombing and car bombing at a mosque near his home in Baghdad, and he was taken to a U.S. military hospital in the Green Zone for surgery.[4] His adviser was reportedly killed in the attack, along with a number of his guards.[5][6] A brother and cousin of al-Zaubai, as well as the mosque's imam, were also said to have been killed.[7] The bomber attacked al-Zubaie a day after an al-Qaida umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq called him a stooge “to the crusader occupiers.” Hours after the assassination attempt the group claimed responsibility for the bombing.[8] On 28 March, he was moved to Amman, Jordan for treatment at the King Hussein Medical Center, and he was released from the hospital on 3 April.[9]
Al-Zaubai died in India on 19 December 2022, after traveling there for medical treatment.[10]