Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz Net Worth

Background and career

Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz (Arabic: عبد الرحمن البزاز;‎ 20 February 1913 – 28 June 1973) was an Iraqi politician, reformist and writer who served as prime minister of Iraq from 1965 to 1966 and as the interim president in 1966.

A pan-Arab nationalist politician, Al-Bazzaz served as the Dean of Baghdad Law College prior to his appointment as prime minister. His main political project was the professionalization of the government through increasing access to civilian expertise. That civic agenda came at the expense of the military. Following the 1968 coup in Iraq, Al-Bazzaz was charged by the Ba'athist government for participating in dissident activities against the government, and he was tortured and imprisoned for fifteen months. Al-Bazzaz was released because of illness in 1970 and moved to London for treatment. He died in Baghdad on 28 June 1973.