Maysoon al-Hashemi

Maysoon al-Hashemi
مَيْسُون الْهَاشِمِي
Bornc. 1946 (1946)
Died(2006-04-27)April 27, 2006 (aged 60)
Cause of deathDrive-by shooting
NationalityIraqi
OccupationHead of Iraqi Islamic Party's women's department
RelativesTariq al-Hashimi (brother)

Maysoon al-Hashemi (Arabic: مَيْسُون الْهَاشِمِي; c. 1946 – 27 April 2006)[1] was the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party's women's department until she was shot dead, along with her driver, at the age of 60. This occurred shortly after she met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

She was the sister of former Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi.[2]

  1. ^ Weisman, Steven R.; Cloud, David S. (2006-04-27). "Rice Visits Iraq With Rumsfeld to Press Leader". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  2. ^ Muir, Jim (April 28, 2006). "Woman's leader shot dead in Baghdad". The Telegraph.