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Colonel General Abdul Jabbar Shanshal | |
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عبد الجبار شنشل | |
Minister of Defense | |
In office May 1989 – December 1990 | |
Preceded by | Adnan Khairallah |
Succeeded by | Saadi Toma Abbas |
Chief of the General Staff of the Army and the Armed Forces | |
In office 1970–1984 | |
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
Personal details | |
Born | عبد الجبار خليل شنشل البكري Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal al-Bakri 1920 Mosul, Mandatory Iraq |
Died | 20 September 2014 Amman, Jordan | (aged 93–94)
Resting place | Iraqi Army Martyrs Cemetery |
Political party | Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Parent | Hassan Abd al-Majid |
Nickname | "Abu Muthanna" |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iraq |
Branch/service | Iraqi Army |
Years of service | 1940–2003 |
Rank | General officer |
Battles/wars | |
General Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal al-Bakri (Arabic: عبد الجبار خليل شنشل البكري) (1920 – 20 September 2014) was an Iraqi senior officer and war minister for a very long period of time, also he held the position of minister of military affairs and chief of staff.
[1][full citation needed] He graduated from the Iraqi military college in Baghdad in 1940 (cycle 18)
References
- ^ اوراق اللواء خليل جاسم الدباغ , د.م. غيث الدباغ , دار دجلة للطباعة والنشر, الاردن [The papers of Major General Khalil Jassim al-Dabbagh, d. Ghaith al-Dabbagh, Dar Dijla for printing and publishing, Jordan]