Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
	Al-Sahhaf in 1996
Minister of Information
President	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
Succeeded by	Ministry dissolved
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 6 June 1992 – 23 April 2001
President	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Tariq Aziz
Succeeded by	Naji Sabri
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf; July 30, 1940 (age 84); Hillah, Kingdom of Iraq
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Alma mater	Baghdad University
Nicknames	Baghdad Bob; Comical Ali;

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف; Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf, born 30 July 1940)^{[citation needed]} is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Minister of Information under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali (a play on "Chemical Ali") for his notable and colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.