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Rustam Haidar ( ar, رستم حيدر; 1889 in
Baalbek Baalbek (; ar, بَعْلَبَكّ, Baʿlabakk, Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In Greek and Roman ...
– 22 January 1940) was a politician and an aide to Emir Faisal who served as the Defense Minister and Finance Minister of
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. He was
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from 1930 to 1932 and from 1938 to 1940.Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Beth K. Dougherty
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of Lebanese descent, he was targeted by other leading politicians for his faith. On January 18, 1940, Hussein Fawzi Tawfik shot Rustam Haidar three times; he died four days later in hospital from his wounds.


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1889 births 1940 deaths Finance ministers of Iraq Assassinated people Iraqi politicians Shia–Sunni sectarian violence Iraqi Shia Muslims Iraqi people of Lebanese descent Deaths by firearm in Iraq {{Iraq-bio-stub