Abbas Mahdi

Abbas Mahdi (born 14 September 1898, Baghdad-died ????)^[1] was an Iraqi politician and public servant.

Mahdi was educated at Baghdad Law College and entered government service in 1918.^[2]

He held numerous official positions during his career, including Minister of Education (1932),^[3] Minister of Economics and Communications (1934), Minister of Economics (1937-38), Minister of Justice (1938), Deputy for Baghdad (1938), Director General of Customs & Excise (1941),^[2] and Iraqi Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to U.S.S.R.^[4]

References

^ The Who is Who of Iraq, 1936
^ ^a ^b The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 1.
^ Simon, Reeva Spector (2013). Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-231-50700-4.
^ Elwyn James Blattner, James Elwyn Blattner Who's who in U.A.R and the Near East, Paul Barbey Press, 1958, p. 501

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[1] The Who is Who of Iraq, 1936

[IntWW-2] The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 1.

[Simon2013-3] Simon, Reeva Spector (2013). Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-231-50700-4.

[4] Elwyn James Blattner, James Elwyn Blattner Who's who in U.A.R and the Near East, Paul Barbey Press, 1958, p. 501

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