Saddam's Inner Circle • SADDAM HUSSEIN • QUSAI SADDAM HUSSEIN • ODAI SADDAM HUSSEIN • ALI HASSAN AL-MAJID AL-TIKRITI • ABED HAMEED HMOUD • IZZAT IBRAHIM AL-DOURI • TAHA YASSIN RAMADAN • TARIQ AZIZ • NAJI SABRI • TAHA MUHIE-ELDIN MAROUF • GEN. IYAD FUTIYEH AL-RAWI • SAADOON HAMMADI

Was: Vice President Taha Muhie-Eldin Marouf Marouf was the only Kurd in the Baath hierarchy. He was appointed as one of Iraq's two vice presidents in 1975, but the position was seen largely as a gesture to the Kurdish minority and he had little real power. Born into a prominent family in Kurd-dominated northern Iraq in 1924, Marouf joined the Baath Party in 1968 and held several ministerial posts. He also served as ambassador to Italy, Malta and Albania.