A longtime member of Hussein’s cabinet, Aziz — who was also the only Christian in the Iraqi dictator’s inner circle — served as Iraq’s chief face to the world. Between 1979 and 2003, Aziz was Iraq’s deputy prime minister, answerable only to Hussein on matters of foreign policy. That tenure spanned through the decade-long Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War in 1991, and the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
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