Nizar Hamdoon (1944 - July 4, 2003) was Iraq's

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to United States from 1984 to 1988 and the United Nations from 1992 to 1998.Nizar Hamdoon, 59, Former Iraqi Diplomat Under Hussein
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from 1988 to 1992 and under secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1999 to his retirement in 2001. A

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Arab from Mosul, Hamdoon finished his high school studies in Baghdad College then graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in architecture. He gained attention in the West in 1998 during the Iraq disarmament crisis and the UNSCOM weapons inspections.U.S.: Iraqi offer is unacceptable - CNN
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* * * * 1944 births 2003 deaths People from Mosul Iraqi diplomats Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Ambassadors of Iraq to the United States Permanent Representatives of Iraq to the United Nations Iraqi Sunni Muslims University of Baghdad alumni {{Iraq-diplomat-stub