Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Iraq's minister of foreign affairs from 1992 to 2001 and later became the Iraqi minister of information. Al-Sahhaf came to worldwide prominence during the 2003 invasion of Iraq when he acted as a spokesman for Saddam Hussein's government. He has been nicknamed Baghdad Bob and Comical Ali due to his colorful and blatantly inaccurate media pronouncements.
- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, journalist, teacher
- Position held
- ambassador, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Information of Iraq
- Citizenship
- Iraq
- Born
- July 30, 1940
- Died
- March 5, 2021
