Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi Army General. A career Combat engineering officer, he later served as the governor of Muthanna Province after retiring from military service.
Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad.[1]
He served as the Iraqi field commander during the second Anfal Campaign.[2] By 1990 Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army.[3]
By 1991 Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics.[4] In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.[1]
Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.[5]
Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Jordan [6] He died on the 22 August 2013.[7]
Command and Staff positions held
- Second in Command, Sapper Platoon 1956-57
- Pioneers and Sappers Platoon Leader - 1957-1959
- Combat Engineering officers company leader and battalion staff officer course, Soviet Union - 1959-1960
- Second in Command, Sapper Company - 1960-1962
- Commanding Officer, B Sapper Company, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1962-1964
- Combined Arms/All-Arms Operations Officers Course, Soviet Union - 1964-1965
- Adjutant, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, 1st Division - 1965-1967
- Instructor, Military Engineering College - 1967-1968
- Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 12th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Armoured Division - 1968-1971
- Higher Command and Staff College Course (Frunze University), Soviet Union - 1971-1972
- GSO-I, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division - 1972-1976
- Executive Staff Officer, Personnel and Training Division, Army General Headquarters Baghdad - 1976-1979
- Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division - 1979-1982
- Commander, 2nd Combat Engineering Brigade, II Corps - 1982-1984
- General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, 1984-1987
- GSO-I and Chief of Operations, II Corps - 1987-1990
- General Officer Commanding, IV Corps - 1990-1994
- Assistant Minister of Defence, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Supplies and Logistics - 1994-1999
Ranks
- Second Lieutenant
- 1956-57 - Lieutenant
- 1957-1960 - Captain
- 1960-1965 - Major
- 1965-1968 - Lieutenant Colonel
- 1968-1972 - Colonel
- 1972-1979 - Brigadier
- 1979-1984 - Major General
- 1984-1989 - Lieutenant General
- 1989-1995 - Colonel General ( Full General )
- 1995-1999
References
- ^ a b Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce. Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. p. 256 & p. 276.
- ^ Human Rights Watch - Appendix B - The Perpetrators of Anfal: A Road-Map to the Principal Agencies and Individuals
- ^ Ayalon, Ami (1 August 1992). Middle East Contemporary Survey 1990, Volume 14; Volume 1990. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 420.
- ^ al-Marashi, Ibrahim; Salama, Sammy (2008). Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History. Routledge. p. 189.
- ^ Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce (5 September 2002). Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 256 & p. 276.
- ^ Woods, Kevin M. (2011) [2010]. Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses. p. 43. ISBN 9780160896132.
- ^ "BANGRE". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.