Salah Omar al-Ali, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Iraqi Minister of Culture and Information from 1968 to 1970
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Place of Birth: Tikrit, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
About Salah Omar al-Ali
- Salah Omar Al-Ali (born 17 July 1938) was a member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, Iraqi Minister of Culture and Information from 1968 to 1970, and subsequently ambassador to Sweden, Spain and the United Nations from 1973 to 1981.
- He is currently a leading member of the Iraqi opposition.Although he was formerly a leading member of the Ba'ath Party, and was therefore very close to individuals such as Saddam Hussein who were subsequently accused of having committed a number of atrocities.
- Al-Ali is popular in Iraq, he resigned twice from high ranking governmental positions in protest.
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