Nizar Hamdoon

Nizar Hamdoon (1944 - July 4, 2003) was Iraq's ambassador to United States from 1984 to 1988 and the United Nations from 1992 to 1998.[1] He was also the deputy Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1992 and under secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1999 to his retirement in 2001.[1]

Nizar Hamdoon
Hamdoon presented his credentials to President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1985
Born1944
Iraq
Died2003-07-03
New York City
Alma materBaghdad University

A Sunni Muslim Arab from Mosul, Hamdoon finished his high school studies in Baghdad College then graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in architecture.[1]

He gained attention in the West in 1998 during the Iraq disarmament crisis and the UNSCOM weapons inspections.[2][3]

References
  1. Nizar Hamdoon, 59, Former Iraqi Diplomat Under Hussein
  2. Ambassador Nizar Hamdoon Iraq's Ambassador to the United Nations
  3. U.S.: Iraqi offer is unacceptable - CNN
  • Appearances on C-SPAN
  • Nizar Hamdoon on Charlie Rose
  • "Nizar Hamdoon collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
  • Works by or about Nizar Hamdoon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)


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