Hardan al-Tikriti

Hardan al-Tikriti
حردان عبدالغفار التكريتي
Vice President of Iraq
In office
3 April 1970 – 15 October 1970
Serving with Saddam Hussein and Salih Mahdi Ammash
PresidentAhmed Hassan al-Bakr
Preceded bySaddam Hussein
Succeeded bySalih Mahdi Ammash
Minister of Defence
In office
30 July 1968 – 15 October 1970
Preceded byIbrahim Abdel Rahman Dawoud
Succeeded byHammad Shihab
Member of the Revolutionary Command Council
In office
17 July 1968 – 15 October 1970
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
In office
February 1964 – October 1966
Personal details
Born1925
Died30 March 1971(1971-03-30) (aged 45–46)
Manner of deathAssassination
PartyIraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Military service
Allegiance Iraq
Branch/serviceIraqi Air Force
Years of service1946–1969
RankAir Marshal or Lieutenant General
Battles/wars1948 Arab-Israeli War
Ramadan Revolution
November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état
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Hardan Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti (Arabic: حردان عبدالغفار التكريتي; 1925 – 30 March 1971) was an Iraqi military officer and politician. A senior commander in the Iraqi Air Force, he was a high-ranking official in the Ba'ath Party and Ba'athist government during the late 1960s. He also served as Iraq's minister of defence from 1968 to 1970 and as vice president–serving alongside Saddam Hussein–in 1970. Al-Tikriti was assassinated in 1970, in Kuwait, on the orders of Saddam Hussein.