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1996 In Iraq
The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Iraq. Incumbents * President of Iraq, President: Saddam Hussein * Prime Minister of Iraq, Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein * Vice President of Iraq, Vice President: ** Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf ** Taha Yassin Ramadan ** Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Events * 24 March –1996 Iraqi parliamentary election, Iraqi parliamentary election are held, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, Ba'ath Party wins 161 seats out of 250, with significant gains to independent candidates as well as the appointment of 30 MPs to represent Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdistan. * 20 May – Iraq accepts and signs the revised Oil-for-Food Programme. * 31 August – at the request of the Kurdistan Democratic Party leadership, Iraqi troops captured the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan held city of Erbil and the Battle of Erbil took place as part of the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, Kurdish Civil War. * 3 September– a US cruise missile airstrike campaign codenamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9– 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February. * January 19 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
