Iyad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi Army General. A career Combat engineering officer, he later served as the Governor of Muthanna Province after retiring from military service.
Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad. He was known to hold staunchly anti-Shiite views.
He served as the Iraqi field commander during the second Anfal Campaign. By 1990 Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army.
By 1994 Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics. In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.
Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.
Zaki left Iraq following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Oman. He died on the 22 August 2013.
Command and Staff positions held
Pioneers and Sappers Platoon Leader - 1956-1959
Combat Engineering officers basic and troop leader course, Soviet Union - 1959-1960
General Staff Officer-II, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1960-1962
Commanding Officer, B Sapper Company, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1962-1964
Combined Arms/All-Arms Operations Officers Course, Soviet Union - 1964-1965
Second-in-Command, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, 1st Division - 1965-1967
Instructor, Military Engineering College - 1967-1968
Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 12th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Armoured Division - 1968-1971
Higher Command and Staff College Course (Frunze University), Soviet Union - 1971-1972
GSO-I, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division - 1972-1976
Executive Staff Officer, Personnel and Training Division, Army General Headquarters Baghdad - 1976-1979
Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division - 1979-1982
Commander, 2nd Combat Engineering Brigade, II Corps - 1982-1984
General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, 1984-1987
GSO-I and Chief of Operations, II Corps - 1987-1990
General Officer Commanding, IV Corps - 1990-1994
Assistant Minister of Defence, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Supplies and Logistics - 1994-1999
Second Lieutenant - 1956-57
Lieutenant - 1957-1960
Captain - 1960-1965
Major - 1965-1968
Lieutenant Colonel - 1968-1972
Colonel - 1972-1979
Brigadier - 1979-1984
Major General - 1984-1989
Lieutenant General - 1989-1995
Colonel General ( Full General ) - 1995-1999
