What is Tariq Aziz?
[[File:Tariq Aziz 2001.jpg|thumb|Aziz in 1990.]] '''Tariq Aziz''' (born '''Mikhail Yuhanna'''; 28 April 1936 &ndash; 5 June 2015) was an [[Iraq]]i [[politician]] for the [[Ba'ath Party]]. He served as the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 24 January 1983 until 22 March 1991. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 1 August 1965 until 9 April 2003. For decades he was a close adviser to [[Saddam Hussein]]. Aziz was born in the town of [[Tel Keppe]] near [[Mosul]] to a [[Chaldean Catholic Church|Chaldean Catholic]] [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] family. He studied [[English language|English]] at [[Baghdad University]]. He later worked as a [[journalist]], before joining the Ba'ath Party in 1957. He was married to Violet Yusef Nobud and had children. Aziz was arrested in 2003 and spent the rest of his life in custody. He died in hospital from a [[heart attack]] on 5 June 2015 in [[Nasiriyah]], aged 79. He also suffered from [[heart disease]], [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[diabetes]], and [[ulcers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33021771|title=Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, dies after heart attack |publisher=[[BBC]]|date=5 June 2015|accessdate=5 June 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aziz, Tariq}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Iraqi criminals]] [[Category:Assyrian people]] [[Category:Eastern Catholics]] [[Category:Iraqi politicians]] [[Category:People who died in prison custody]] {{Bio-stub}}