U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis

In 2003, the United States made the most-wanted Iraqis list. The list contained the 55 most wanted people in Iraq. Later, the most wanted list would be made into a deck of playing cards.

## List

As of January 2024, 33 of the 55 most wanted people have died, 4 have been released and are still alive, 14 are in prison, and 4 are still missing (at large).
|Rank|Name|Role|Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|#1|Saddam Hussein|President of Iraq|Executed December 30, 2006|
|#2|Qusay Hussein|Former Director of the Special Security Organization (SSO) and Ba'ath Party Military Bureau Deputy Chairman|Killed on July 22, 2003|
|#3|Uday Hussein|Former Chief of Fedayeen Saddam, Iraq's Olympic Chairman and National Assembly Member|Killed on July 22, 2003|
|#4|Abid Hamid Mahmud|Saddam's presidential secretary|Executed on June 7, 2012|
|#5|Ali Hassan al-Majid|Presidential advisor and RCC member|Executed on January 25, 2010|
|#6|Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri|Vice President of Iraq and RCC Vice Chairman|Died on October 26, 2020|
|#7|Hani abd al-Latif Tilfah|Director of the Special Security Organization (SSO)|Captured on June 21, 2004|
|#8|Aziz Salih al-Numan|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - West Baghdad|Died on January 30, 2024|
|#9|Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi|Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq|Died on December 2, 2005|
|#10|Kamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan|Secretary of the Republican Guard and Special Republican Guard|Sentenced to death on June 6, 2011|
|#11|Barzan abd al-Ghafur Sulayman|Special Republican Guard Commander|Released in June 29, 2020|
|#12|Muzahim Sa'ab Hasan|Iraqi Air Defense Forces Commander|Released in April 2012|
|#13|Ibrahim Ahmad abd al-Sattar Muhammad|Iraqi Armed Forces Chief of Staff|Died on October 28, 2010 from cancer|
|#14|Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha al-Rawi|Republican Guard Chief of Staff|Believed to be missing|
|#15|Rafi abd al-Latif Tilfah|Director of General Security (DGS)|Believed to be missing|
|#16|Tahir Jalil Habbush|Director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS)|Believed to be missing|
|#17|Hamid Raja Shalah|Iraqi Air Force Commander|Released after August 2007|
|#18|Latif Nassif Jassim|Prime Minister of Iraq and Ba'ath Party Military Bureau Deputy Chairman|Died on August 30, 2021 from a chronic illness|
|#19|abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh|Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq|Released in 2006|
|#20|Taha Yassin Ramadan|Vice President of Iraq and RCC member|Executed on March 20, 2007|
|#21|Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafur Sulayman|Iraqi Chief of Tribal Affairs|Killed in 2003|
|#22|Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan|Iraqi Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs|Released on June 30, 2020|
|#23|Mizban Khadr al-Hadi|RCC member|Died on May 16, 2020|
|#24|Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf|Vice President of Iraq and RCC member|Died on August 9, 2009 from cancer|
|#25|Tariq Aziz|Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, Minister of Foreign Affairs and RCC member|Died on June 5, 2015 from a heart attack|
|#26|Walid Hamid Tawfiq|Governor of Basra Governorate|Released in June 25, 2020|
|#27|Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai|Iraqi Minister of Defense|Died on July 19, 2020|
|#28|Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim|Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq and Finance Minister of Iraq|Died on January 27, 2012 from cancer|
|#29|Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad|Iraqi Minister of the Interior|Released in July 2012|
|#30|Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi|Iraqi Quds Forces Chief of Staff|Died on May 18, 2018 from a stroke|
|#31|Zuhayr Talib abd al-Sattar al-Naqib|Director of Military Intelligence (DMI)|Died on June 15, 2020|
|#32|Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi|Saddam's presidential scientific advisor|Released in 2005|
|#33|Amir Rashid Muhammad|Oil Minister of Iraq|Released in April 2012|
|#34|Hosam Mohammed Amin|Head of the National Monitoring Directorate (NMD)|Died on July 8, 2021 in the UAE|
|#35|Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih|Iraqi Minister of Trade|Released in March 18, 2012|
|#36|Sabawi Ibrahim|Head of the Directorate of General Security (DGS) and presidential advisor|Died on July 8, 2013 from cancer|
|#37|Watban Ibrahim|Iraqi Minister of the Interior and presidential advisor|Died on August 13, 2015|
|#38|Barzan Ibrahim|Presidential advisor|Executed and decapitated on January 15, 2007|
|#39|Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash|Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman, WMD scientist and Ba'ath Party Regional Command Member|Released in December 18, 2005|
|#40|abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim Abdallah al-Sadun|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Diyala District|Died on December 14, 2021|
|#41|Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Ta'mim Governorate|Sentenced to life in prison on April 9, 2009|
|#42|Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim|Oil Minister of Iraq and Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - East Baghdad Governorate|Released in April 21, 2023|
|#43|Humam abd al-Khaliq abd al-Ghafur|Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research|Released in December 18, 2005|
|#44|Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Basra Governorate|Killed in 2003|
|#45|Nayef Shindakh Thamir|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Salah al-Din Governorate|Killed in 2003|
|#46|Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Muthanna District|Killed in Mosul by ISIS in 2014|
|#47|Fadil Mahmud Gharib|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Babil Governorate|Killed in Mosul by ISIS in 2014|
|#48|Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Qadasiyah Governorate|Died on July 2017|
|#49|Rashid Taan Kazim|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - al-Anbar Governorate|Believed to be missing|
|#50|Ugla Abid Saqr al-Kubaysi|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Maysan Governorate|Released in April 2012|
|#51|Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - al-Kut District|Died on April 2007 from cancer|
|#52|Adil Abdullah Mahdi al-Douri|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Dhi Qar District|Died on March 22, 2004|
|#53|Hussein al-Awadi|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Ninawa Governorate|Captured on June 9, 2003|
|#54|Khamis Sirhan|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Karbala Governorate|Killed in January 11, 2013|
|#55|Sa'd Abdul-Majid al-Faisal|Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman - Salah al-Din Governorate|Died on April 16, 2021|

## See also

- Iraq war