Editing Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai (section)

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{{Short description|27th Iraqi Minister of Defense}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai
| image               = Saddam_Hussein%27s_former_Defense_Minister,_Sultan_Hashim_Ahmad,_in_Baghdad,_Iraq.jpg{{!}}border
| caption             = Ahmad in December 2004
| office              = [[Ministry of Defence (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Defence]]
| term_start          = 1995
| term_end            = 2003
| primeminister       = [[Saddam Hussein]]
| predecessor         = [[Ali Hassan al-Majid]]
| successor           = [[Hazim al-Shaalan]]
| office2             = [[Nineveh Governorate|Governor of Nineveh]]
| term_start2         = 1994
| term_end2           = 1999
| president           = [[Saddam Hussein]]
| predecessor2        = Muhammad Abdul Qadir al-Daghestani
| successor2          = [[Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat]]
| birth_name          = 
| birth_date          = {{birth year|1945}}
| birth_place         = [[Mosul]], [[Kingdom of Iraq]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2020|7|19|1945|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Nasiriyah Central Prison]], [[Nasiriyah, Iraq]] {{Infobox criminal | child = yes | conviction = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]] | criminal_penalty = [[Capital punishment|Death]]; commuted to [[life imprisonment]]}}
| party               = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]]
| spouse              = 
| children            = 8 sons and 2 daughters, including [[Khaled Sultan Hashim|Khaled]].
| religion            = 
| footnotes           = 
| allegiance          = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Iraq, 1991-2004.svg|size=23px}} [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]
| branch              = {{army|Iraq}}
| serviceyears        = 1960–2003
| rank                = 
| battles             = {{tree list}}
* [[First Iraqi-Kurdish War]]
* [[Six-Day War]] 
* [[Yom Kippur War]] 
* [[Iran–Iraq War]]
* [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]
* [[Iraq War]]
{{tree list/end}}
| awards              = 
| native_name_lang    = ar
}}

'''Sulṭān Hāshim Aḥmad Muḥammad al-Ṭāʾī''' ({{langx|ar|سلطان هاشم أحمد محمد الطائي}}; 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/سیاسة/وفاة-سلطان-هاشم-وزير-الدفاع-في-نظام-صدام-حسين/|title=وفاة سلطان هاشم وزير الدفاع في نظام صدام حسين|website=شفق نيوز}}</ref> – 19 July 2020) was an Iraqi [[Officer (armed forces)|military officer]], who served as [[Ministry of Defence (Iraq)|Minister of Defense]] under [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime. Considered one of Iraq's most competent generals, he was appointed to the position in 1995. During his over 30-year military career, Sultan commanded two brigades, three divisions, and two corps of regular army corps before assuming responsibilities as Minister of Defense.