Salah Al-Mukhtar

Salah Al-Mukhtar is an Iraqi Ba'athist politician who is reportedly the current leader of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. He was Deputy General Secretary of the Arab League and Saddam Hussein's ambassador to many countries.
He served in the Iran-Iraq war within the Iraqi Army attaining the rank of Colonel.
He left Iraq for Yemen following the US invasion in 2003, he then went to Germany during the Arab Spring in 2011. Since 3 November 2020 he has been head of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, reportedly succeeding Izzat al-Douri.