Munif Razzaz

Munif al-Razzaz
منيف الرزاز
Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
In office April 1965 – 23 February 1966
Deputy	Shibli al-Aisami
Preceded by	Michel Aflaq
Succeeded by	Michel Aflaq (Iraqi-led) Nureddin al-Atassi (Syrian-led)
Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Jordanian Regional Branch
In office September 1959 – April 1965
Preceded by	Abdullah Rimawi
Succeeded by	Abd al-Ghani Musa al-Nahar
Member of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
In office 6 April 1947 – 23 February 1966
Member of the Regional Command of the Jordanian Regional Branch
In office 1952 – April 1965
Personal details
Born	(1919-12-19)19 December 1919 Damascus, Syria
Died	16 September 1984(1984-09-16) (aged 64) Baghdad, Ba'athist Iraq
Nationality	Jordanian
Political party	Jordanian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

Munif al-Razzaz (Arabic: منيف الرزاز; 19 December 1919 – 16 September 1984) was a Jordanian-Syrian physician and politician who was the second, and last, Secretary General of the National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, having been elected to the post at the 8th National Congress held in April 1965.

Munif relocated to Iraq in 1977 and became a leading member of the Iraqi Ba'ath. Munif was among dozens of dissidents accused of plotting against then new Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge. King Hussein had advocated for Munif's release so he can return safely to Jordan, but President Saddam Hussein adamantly refused. Munif died in 1984 during his house arrest in Baghdad. His family claims he was assassinated by the Iraqi Ba'ath after his hypertension medicine was replaced with poison. He was buried in Amman according to his only will.^[1]