Khairallah Talfah

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Khairallah Talfah
خير الله طلفاح
Governor of Baghdad
In office 1979–1981
Personal details
Born	c. 1919[1] Al-Awja, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	20 April 1993 (82-83 years) Baghdad, Iraq
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Other political affiliations	Iraqi Independence Party
Spouse(s)	Lilo Wahib Khawla Abdul-Baqi Fatima Hassan al-Majid
Relations	Subha (sister) Abd al-Latif (brother) Badra (sister) Saddam (nephew & son-in-law) Barzan (nephew & son-in-law) Watban (nephew) Sabawi (nephew) Hani (nephew) Rafi (nephew)
Children	From Lilo Sajida Adnan From Khawla Ahlam Ilham From Fatima Lo'uay Maan Mudar Kahlan Ghaidan Khansa
Occupation	Politician, Author, Soldier
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Iraq Iraqi Republic
Branch/service	Iraqi Army
Years of service	1931-1966
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	2nd Signals Battalion
Battles/wars	Anglo-Iraqi War

Khairallah Talfah (Arabic: خير الله طلفاح, romanized: Khayr Allāh Ṭilfāḥ) (1919 – 20 April 1993), also known as Khayr-Allah Telfah, Kairallah Tolfah, Khairallah Tolfah, or Khairallah Tilfah, was an Iraqi Ba'ath Party official, and the maternal uncle and father-in-law of Saddam Hussein.^[2] He was the father of Sajida Talfah, Saddam's first wife, and of Adnan Khairallah, defence minister. Saddam appointed Khairallah Talfah mayor of Baghdad, but he was forced to remove Khairallah from office due to corruption.^[3]