About Latif Nasif Jasim
Lived 1941 – 2021 (aged 79–80). Latif Nasif Jasim was an Iraqi politician and diplomat.
Latif Nassif Jassim (; 1941 – 30 August 2021) was an Iraqi politician and leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
Biography Latif Nassif Jassim was born in 1941 and belonged to the Dulaim tribe. He joined the Ba'ath party in 1957 and was arrested after the 18 November 1963 movement.
He held ministerial positions from 1977 until 1996. He was appointed minister of agriculture and agrarian reform on 5 April 1977, minister of culture and media until 1991 and minister of labor and social affairs until 1996.
Jassim was arrested on 9 June 2003, and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 in Al-Hout prison in the case of the murder of Mohammad al-Sadr.
In 2017, Iraqi parliament passed a law to confiscate all property of 52 people related to Ba'ath party regime including Jassim.
He died on 30 August 2021 at hospital in Baghdad.
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Who was Latif Nasif Jasim?
former Iraqi minister
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Latif Nasif Jasim was born in 1941 in Baghdad.
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Latif Nasif Jasim died on 30 August 2021 in Baghdad.
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Latif Nasif Jasim was a politician and diplomat.
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Latif Nasif Jasim was Iraqi.
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