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Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi Army General. A career Combat engineering officer, he later served as the Governor of Muthanna Province after retiring from military service.
Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad. He was known to hold staunchly anti-Shiite views.
He served as the Iraqi field commander during the second Anfal Campaign. By 1990 Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army.
By 1991 Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics. In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.
Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.
Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to JordanHe died on the 22 August 2013.
Command and Staff positions held
- Second in Command, Sapper Platoon 1956-57
- Pioneers and Sappers Platoon Leader - 1957-1959
- Combat Engineering officers company leader and battalion staff officer course, Soviet Union - 1959-1960
- Second in Command, Sapper Company - 1960-1962
- Commanding Officer, B Sapper Company, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1962-1964
- Combined Arms/All-Arms Operations Officers Course, Soviet Union - 1964-1965
- Adjutant, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, 1st Division - 1965-1967
- Instructor, Military Engineering College - 1967-1968
- Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 12th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Armoured Division - 1968-1971
- Higher Command and Staff College Course (Frunze University), Soviet Union - 1971-1972
- GSO-I, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division - 1972-1976
- Executive Staff Officer, Personnel and Training Division, Army General Headquarters Baghdad - 1976-1979
- Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division - 1979-1982
- Commander, 2nd Combat Engineering Brigade, II Corps - 1982-1984
- General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, 1984-1987
- GSO-I and Chief of Operations, II Corps - 1987-1990
- General Officer Commanding, IV Corps - 1990-1994
- Assistant Minister of Defence, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Supplies and Logistics - 1994-1999
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