Abd Ar-Rahman Al-Bazzaz

Abd Ar-Rahman Al-Bazzaz

Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913–1973) was a politician, reformist, and writer. He was an pan-Arab nationalist and he was the Dean of Baghdad Law College and Prime Minister of Iraq. Al-Bazzaz main political project was the professionalization of the government on the basis of civilian expertise. That civic agenda came on the expense of the military. Al-Bazzaz was charged by the Baʿthist government of participation in activities against the government and he was tortured and imprisoned. Al-Bazzaz was finally released because of illness and moved to London for treatment were he died in 1973.