Hussein Kamel al-Majid

Hussein Kamel al-Majid
Hussein Kamel in 1995
Minister of Military Industries
In office
4 February 1987 – 20 December 1995
PresidentSaddam Hussein
Preceded bySobhi Yassin Khudair al-Samarrai
Succeeded byAdnan Abdul Majid al-Ani
Personal details
Born1954
Tel Al Thahab, Kingdom of Iraq
DiedFebruary 23, 1996(1996-02-23) (aged 41–42)
Baghdad, Republic of Iraq
Political partyArab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Spouse
(m. 1983)
ChildrenAli
Banaan
Hareer
Saddam
Wahaj
ParentKamel Hassan al-Majid
RelativesSaddam (brother)
Hakim (brother)
Ilham (brother)
Ali (uncle)
Hisham (uncle)
Military service
Allegiance Ba'athist Iraq
Branch/service Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service1974–1995
RankIraqi general Colonel general
UnitRepublican Guard
Battles/wars

Colonel General Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid (Arabic: حسين كامل حسن المجيد) (1954 – 23 February 1996) was an Iraqi military officer and the son-in-law and first cousin once removed of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and assisted United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection teams assigned to look for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He was killed the following year for betraying Saddam.