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Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

1941 - 2020

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Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (Arabic: عزت إبراهيم الدوري, romanized: Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; 1 July 1942 – 26 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician and army field marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and was regarded as the closest advisor and deputy under President Saddam Hussein. He led the Iraqi resistance group Naqshbandi Army. Al-Douri was the most high-profile Ba'athist official to successfully evade capture after the invasion of Iraq, and was the "king of clubs" in the infamous U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri has received more than 1,030,100 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is the 3,342nd most popular politician (up from 3,528th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 86th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ranks 3,342 out of 19,576Before him are Eleonora Gonzaga, Ulrich von Jungingen, Ma Ying-jeou, Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Frank B. Kellogg, and Cleitus the Black. After him are Kurt Zeitzler, Offa of Mercia, P. W. Botha, Chiyou, Mieszko II Lambert, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ranks 74Before him are Franco Columbu, Milan Kučan, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ritchie Valens, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Cass Elliot. After him are Linda McCartney, Vladimir Voronin, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Paul Anka, John E. Walker, and Tom Conti. Among people deceased in 2020, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ranks 51Before him are Geert Hofstede, Mirella Freni, Masatoshi Koshiba, Philip Warren Anderson, Kim Ki-duk, and Buck Henry. After him are Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Joel Schumacher, Brian Dennehy, George Steiner, Ken Hensley, and Mary Higgins Clark.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ranks 88 out of 384Before him are Sargon I (-1900), Al-Muntasir (837), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Hormizd IV (540), and Adad-nirari I (-1400). After him are Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Ibn Qutaybah (828), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), and Adad-nirari II (-1000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ranks 49Before him are Al-Muqtadir (895), Sargon I (-1900), Al-Muntasir (837), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Hormizd IV (540), and Adad-nirari I (-1400). After him are Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Adad-nirari II (-1000), Sumu-abum (-2000), and Enmerkar (-2500).