27 Facts About Adnan Pachachi

Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi, better known as Adnan Pachachi, was an Iraqi politician and statesman who served as Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and foreign minister.

Adnan Pachachi rejected the role of president in the Iraqi Interim Government.

Adnan Pachachi supported the 1941 Iraqi coup d'etat led by Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani as a member of the Kata'ib al-Shabab.

Adnan Pachachi completed his undergraduate studies in 1943 at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, majoring in political science.

Adnan Pachachi had been a vocal supporter of Nasser, particularly during the Suez War in 1956 although official Iraqi government policy at the time was aligned with the British against him.

Adnan Pachachi remained very close to Abdul Nasser and supported him during the fateful days of the Suez War.

Adnan Pachachi was promptly appointed Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1959 by Qassim's revolutionary regime.

Under Qassim, Iraq was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961 and Adnan Pachachi met with founding leaders Josep Broz Tito, Kwame Nkrumah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel Castro, and Sukarno as a representative of his country.

Adnan Pachachi was then appointed Foreign Minister of Iraq in 1965 by President Abdul Salam Arif; he stated the belief that his appointment to this position was at the behest of Gamel Abdel Nasser.

Adnan Pachachi served as the Foreign Minister of Iraq during the Six-Day War with Israel and on the eve of conflict at the 1345th meeting of the United Nations Security Council on 31 May 1967, he announced:.

The Ba'ath Party came to power in July 1968, in a coup which Adnan Pachachi claimed was supported by the CIA, in an effort to distance Iraq from Gemal Abdel Nasser.

Adnan Pachachi went into in exile in Abu Dhabi, which had become independent.

Adnan Pachachi was granted UAE citizenship in 1974 and served on the board of directors for entities including Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Economic Development.

Adnan Pachachi was a member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and chairman of the General Projects Committee.

Adnan Pachachi dismissed US plans to redraw the map of the Middle East to benefit Washington and set up an American military administration in Baghdad.

Unlike Chalabi, who had sought the support of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Adnan Pachachi said there would not be any relations between Iraq and Israel, as this would be antithetical to Iraqi interests.

Adnan Pachachi had strongly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq and was involved in creating an exile deal that the UAE offered Saddam Hussein in a last minute effort to avoid the impending war and suffering of the Iraqi people.

In February 2003, Adnan Pachachi refused a seat on the US-appointed six-member leadership council set up at a meeting of major opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.

Adnan Pachachi vocally opposed the process of awarding out contracts to US firms after the ousting of the Ba'ath regime and criticised Washington over the plans for a US-led civilian authority to hand out reconstruction contracts without the approval of an elected Iraqi government.

When he was the foreign minister of Iraq in the 1960s, Adnan Pachachi was very close to the first generation of Palestinian terrorists.

Adnan Pachachi accused the US military of war crimes during the First Battle of Fallujah which was codenamed Operation Vigilant Resolve.

Unlike Adnan Pachachi, he has never called for the elimination of a neighboring Arab state or condemned the United States.

Adnan Pachachi put together a list of candidates called the Assembly of Independent Democrats to contest Iraq's January 2005 legislative election.

Sunni Arab political and religious leaders, including Adnan Pachachi, called for a six-month delay arguing that the violence sweeping the country meant a free poll could not go ahead.

At the time of the March 2010 parliamentary election, Adnan Pachachi again stood as a candidate on Allawi's Iraqi List.

Adnan Pachachi was awarded with Abu Dhabi Awards, Emirate of Abu Dhabi's highest civilian award, by Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2016 for his services.

Adnan Pachachi died on 17 November 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.