Rustam Haidar

Rustam Haidar (Arabic: رستم حيدر‎) (born 1889 in Baalbek; died 22 January 1940)[1] was a politician and an aide to Emir Faisal who served as the Defense and Finance Ministers of Iraq, of Lebanese descent. He was Minister of Finance from 1930 to 1932 and from 1938 to 1940.[2] A Shia, he was targeted by other leading politicians for his faith.[3]

Emir Faisal's delegation at Versailles, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal, Captain Pisani (behind Faisal), T. E. Lawrence, unknown person, Captain Tahsin Kadry.

On January 18th 1940, Hussein Fawzi Tawfik shot Rustam Haidar three times;[4] he died four days later in hospital from his wounds.[1]

Rustum Haidar at Versailles Conference in 1919

References
  1. "رستم حيدر في العراق..كيف تم اغتياله.. وكيف عثر على مذكراته؟". almada (in Arabic). 3 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Beth K. Dougherty
  3. Sargon Donabed (1 February 2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-0-7486-8605-6.
  4. "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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