Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf | |
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 Al-Sahhaf in 1996 | |
| Minister of Information | |
| President | Saddam Hussein |
| Preceded by | Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur |
| Succeeded by | Ministry dissolved |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 June 1992 – 23 April 2001 | |
| President | Saddam Hussein |
| Preceded by | Tariq Aziz |
| Succeeded by | Naji Sabri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf July 30, 1940 Hillah, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region |
| Alma mater | Baghdad University |
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf, born 30 July 1940)[citation needed] is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.