Ayad Khalil Zaki

Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi military officer and Combat engineering officer in the Iraqi Army.

He served as the Iraqi field commander during the Anfal Campaign.^[1] By 1990, Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army and was the commander of the army during the Battle of Wadi al-Batin in the Gulf War.^[2]

In 1991, Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics.^[3] In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.^[4]

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]

Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad.^[4]

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

^ 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.
^ a b Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce. Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24. p. 256 & p. 276.
^ 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.