Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
{{Short description|Iraqi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
| native_name = {{nobold|همام عبد الخالق عبد الغفور}}
| native_name_lang = ar
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| order = Ministry of Education
| term_start = 1992
| term_end = 1998
| office2 = Minister of Culture and Information
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 2001
| office3 = Ministry of Education
| term_start3 = 2001
| term_end3 = 2003
| birth_name = Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}}
| birth_place = Ramadi, Iraq
| party = Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
}}
Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur ({{langx|ar|همام عبد الخالق عبد الغفور}}; born 1945) is an Iraqi academic and former politician.
Biography
Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur was born in Ramadi, Anbar Governorate, in 1945.{{Cite web |date=26 June 2003 |title=بينهم 32 موقوفاً جمدت واشنطن أموالهم:"إيلاف" توثق تفاصيل "كوتشينة الـ 55" العراقية |url=https://elaph.com/Web/Archive/1056635047230255000.html |language=ar}} He had a role in the Iraqi nuclear program. In 1981, he was head of the Nuclear Research Center. Abdul-Razzaq Qassem al-Hashemi was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Al-Khaliq held his previous position as vice-president of the Iraqi Atomic Energy Organization. Nuclear research.{{cite book |last1=Ghareeb |first1=Edmund A. |last2=Dougherty |first2=Beth |title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000ghar|year=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=0-8108-4330-7 }}
He was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 1992, succeeding Abd al-Razzaq Qassem al-Hashemi, and then held the position of Minister of Culture and Information in 1998, succeeding Hamed Yousef Hammadi. His successor as Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Abdul-Jabbar Tawfiq, then Minister of Education Fahd Salem Al-Shakrah as acting Minister, then Hammam Abdul-Khaleq Abdul-Ghafour returned as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2001.
After the 2003 invasion
He was on the list of Iraqis wanted by the United States. He was arrested by the American occupation forces on 19 April 2003. It was alleged that he was arrested, he was thrown to the ground, and an American soldier stood with his feet on his head and neck, which caused him a permanent disability represented in the crookedness of his neck and the tilt of his head.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2010/09/100902_iraq_playcards_tc2 |title=أبرز وجوه النظام العراقي السابق: أين هم الآن؟ - BBC News Arabic |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923014144/http://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2010/09/100902_iraq_playcards_tc2 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |url-status=dead}} He was released on 18 December 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://www.albayan.ae/across-the-uae/2005-12-20-1.990518|title=الجيش الأميركي يفرج عن مسؤولين من أعوان صدام}}
References
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External links
{{Ba'ath Party}}
{{U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis}}
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Category:People from Anbar (town)
Category:Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Category:Iraq War prisoners of war
Category:Iraqi prisoners of war
Category:Higher Education ministers of Iraq
Category:Culture ministers of Iraq
Category:Information ministers of Iraq
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