Iraq: A Minister's Memoir

The author Dr. Abdul Amir Al-Aboud was born in 1937 in the district of Al-Mijar Al-Kabeer southeastern region of Iraq. He received his BA in law from Baghdad University 1959. He got his PhD in international economics from Germany 1966. He taught in the University of Basra Iraq 1967-1987. During this period he was elected chairman of the Economic Department 1969-1971. He was appointed dean of the college of administration and economics 1971-1976. He became the first minister of agriculture in Iraq after the Allied Forces toppled Saddam Hussein Regime until April 2004. Dr. Al-Aboud wrote several books and published articles in Iraq Arab countries and Germany.