Saadi Toma Abbas
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{{Short description|25th Iraqi Minister of Defense (1939–2020)}}{{refimprove|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Saadi Toma Abbas
{{lang|ar|سعدي طعمة عباس}}
| image = Saadi_Abbas.jpg
| caption =
| office = Minister of Defence
| president = Saddam Hussein
| deputy =
| term_start = 12 December 1990
| term_end = 6 April 1991
| predecessor = Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal
| successor = Ali Hassan al-Majid
| office1 = Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
| term_start1 = 28 June 1998
| term_end1 = 28 June 2002
| predecessor1 = Abdul Hamid Abdul Aziz Al-Sayegh
| successor1 = Munther Muzaffar al-Naqshbandi
| birth_date = 17 March 1939
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|06|23|1939|3|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
| relations =
| party = Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
| allegiance = {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Iraq
| branch = Iraqi Army
| serviceyears =
| rank = 25px Colonel General
| commands =
| battles = Iran–Iraq War
| awards =
| laterwork =
| honorific_prefix = Colonel General
}}
Saadi Toma Abbas ({{langx|ar|سعدي طعمة عباس}}; 17 March 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a former Iraqi military and politician. He was born in 1939 and held various ministerial positions during the rule of Saddam Hussein.
On 12 December 1990, he was appointed as Ministry of Defence and remained in office until 6 April 1991. He worked as military advisor at the Presidential Court from 6 April 1991 to 1998. In 1998 he was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and remained in his position until 29 June 2002.
He was arrested by the American forces in 18 May 2003.
Trial
On 2 December 2008, the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison for suppressing the 1991 uprising in Iraq while he was serving as commander of the military forces in the southern region. {{Cite web|last=أ.ف.ب|first=بغداد-|title=حكم بالإعدام على "الكيمياوي" في قضية قمع "الانتفاضة الشعبانية" - سياسة - تقارير وترجمات - الإمارات اليوم|url=https://www.emaratalyoum.com/politics/reports-and-translation/2008-12-02-1.201564|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.emaratalyoum.com|language=ar}}
Death
He died in the Al-Hout prison in Dhi Qar on 23 June 2020.{{cite web |title=وفاة أحد كبار رموز النظام العراقي السابق في سجن الناصرية |url=https://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/2306202019 |website=www.rudaw.net |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605064848/https://www.rudawarabia.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/2306202019 |archive-date=2023-06-05 |language=ar |date=2020-06-23 |url-status=live}}
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Category:Ministers of defence of Iraq
Category:Labour ministers of Iraq
Category:Social affairs ministers of Iraq
Category:Iraqi military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War