Adnan Khairallah

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Adnan Khairallah
Adnan Khairallah's statue in Baghdad 2003
Minister of Defence
In office 15 October 1977 – 4 May 1989
President	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Succeeded by	Abdul-Jabbar Khalil Shanshal
Deputy Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
President	Saddam Hussein
Member of the Revolutionary Command Council
President	Saddam Hussein
Personal details
Born	c.1949
Died	4 May 1989 (aged 50) Mosul, Iraq
Military service
Allegiance	Iraq
Service/branch	Iraqi Armed Forces
Years of service	? - 1989
Rank	General
Commands	Iraqi Armed Forces
Battles/wars	Iran-Iraq War

General Adnan Khairallah (Arabic: عدنان خير الله طلفاح ; died May 4, 1989), was Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law (Sajida Talfah's brother and Khairallah Talfah's son) and cousin. He held several titles and was a member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council. He also served as the Defence Minister of Iraq from 1979 to his death, having been appointed days after Saddam Hussein succeeded to the Presidency.^[1] It was initially believed that he died in a helicopter crash near Mosul in the late eighties during a sandstorm. However, there was speculation his death was caused due to the detonation of four explosive charges of the helicopter he was in. Accused of orchestrating his death are Hussein Al Kamel .

Although a relative of Saddam's, he remains a popular figure and a square named in his honour exists to this day in the al-Karkh area of Baghdad where a statue of him still stands, unlike statues of other members of the previous government, which have all been removed following the fall of Baghdad in 2003.

Re-evaluation of his actions caused removal of the statue in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

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