Nizar Hamdoon
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Nizar Hamdoon (May 18, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was Iraq's ambassador to United States from 1984 to 1988 and to the United Nations from 1992 to 1998.[1] He was also the deputy Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1992 and undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1999 to his retirement in 2001.[2][3]
Early life and education
A Muslim Arab from Mosul, Hamdoon finished his high school studies in Baghdad College then graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in architecture.[2][3]
Career
He gained attention in the West in 1998 during the Iraq disarmament crisis and the UNSCOM weapons inspections.[4][5] In a memo he wrote a few months before retiring, he argued that Iraq should be a monarchy and have a constitution written by Iraqis.[6]
Death
Hamdoon died on 4 July 2003 in New York City from pneumonia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[2][3] He was buried in Baghdad ten days later.[6]
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