Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly

Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly (Arabic: عبدالكريم الشيخلي‎; 1935 – 1980), was an Iraqi politician, diplomat and minister.[1] Al-Shaikhly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. from 31 July 1968 to 29 September 1971.[2] and Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1972 to 1974.[3] The Iraqi security forces arrested him and he stayed there about two years before the Iraqi security forces released him in 1980.[4] The Iraqi Intelligence Service assassinated al-Shaikhly on April 8, 1980 in Baghdad[5]