Ayad 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.
He served as the Iraqi field commander during the
second Anfal Campaign.[2] By 1990 Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army.[3]
By 1991 Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics.[4] In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.[1]
Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.[5]
Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Jordan [6] He died on the 22 August 2013.[7]