TARIQ AZIZ - IRAQ

Approved for Release: 2016/02/10 C05381103 Tariq AZIZ (Phonetic: ahZEEZ) Deputy Prime Minister (since 1979); Member, Revolutionary Command Council (since 1977) Addressed as: Mr. Minister Twig Aziz is one of the three most important counselors of President Saddam Husayn, advising him on foreign and political questions. Aziz remains de facto Foreign Minister (he held the job during 1983-91), although he lost the portfolio in April 1991 when Saddam shuffled his cabinet as a member of Iraq's miniscu...