Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf

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Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf was a vice president of Iraq from 1975 to 2003. He was the only Kurd in Saddam Hussein's Baath Party hierarchy, but his appointment was seen largely as a gesture to the Kurdish minority and he had little real power.^{[citation needed]}

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.

It was announced^{[citation needed]} that Marouf was taken into custody on Friday, May 02, 2003. He as captured with two other Saddam deputies Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish, director of the Office of Military Industrialization and a deputy prime minister in charge of arms procurement, and Mizban Khadr Hadi commander of one of four military regions Saddam established on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Marouf was #24 (initially #42) on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis. He was represented by the nine of diamonds in the Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.