In April 2003, the United States drew up a list of most-wanted Iraqis, consisting of the 55 members of the deposed Ba'athist Iraqi regime whom they most wanted to capture. The list was turned into a set of playing cards for distribution to United States-led Coalition troops. Later, in 2003, the list was renumbered so that it mostly conformed to the order of the playing cards (see most-wanted Iraqi playing cards).
List
- Total 55
- Dead: 35
- Imprisoned: 4
- Released: 13
- At large: 3
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan=65 bgcolor=#ffe0e0| Dead
| colspan=65 bgcolor=#eaf3ff| Imprisoned
| colspan=65 bgcolor=#e0ffe0| Released
| colspan=65 bgcolor=#fc3| At large
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="background:#ffffe0"
|-
! width="5"|No. !! width="280"|Name !! width="320"|Role !! width="350"|Status
|-style="background:#ffe0e0"
|1.|| Saddam Hussein || President of Iraq|| Executed on 30 December 2006
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|2. || Qusay Hussein || Director of the SSO|| Killed on 22 July 2003
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|3. || Uday Hussein || Commander of Fedayeen Saddam || Killed on 22 July 2003
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|4. || Abid Hamid Mahmud || Presidential Secretary || Executed on 7 June 2012
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|5. || Ali Hassan al-Majid || Director of IIS || Executed on 25 January 2010
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|6. || Izzat al-Douri || Vice President of Iraq || Died on 25 October 2020
|- style="background:#eaf3ff"
|7. || Hani Abd Latif Tilfah || Director of the SSO || Captured on June 21, 2004
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|8. || Aziz Saleh al-Numan || Member of the Regional Command|| Died in custody in January 2024
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|9. || Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi || Prime Minister of Iraq|| Died in custody on 2 December 2005
|- style="background:#eaf3ff"
|10. || Kamal Mustafa Abdullah || Secretary of the Republican Guard || Sentenced to death on 6 June 2011
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|11. || Barzan Abdul Ghafoor Sulaiman || Commander of the Republican Guard|| Released on 29 June 2020
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|12. || Muzahim Saab Hassan || Air Defense Force Commander || Released in April 2012
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|13. || Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar || Armed Forces Chief of Staff || Died of cancer on 28 October 2010
|- style="background:#fc3"
|14. || Saif al-Din al-Rawi || Chief of Staff of the Republican Guard || Believed to be at large
|- style="background:#fc3"
|15. || Rafi Abd Latif Tilfah || Director of the Public Security || Believed to be at large
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|16. || Tahir Jalil Habbush || Director of IIS || Died on 2 April 2026
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|17. || Hamid Raja Shalah || Air Force Commander || Released in 2007
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|18. || Latif Nassif Jassim || Deputy chairman of the Ba’ath Party|| Died of heart attack on 30 August 2021
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|19. || Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh || Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq || Released in 2006
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|20. || Taha Yassin Ramadan || Vice President of Iraq || Executed on 20 March 2007
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|21. || Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar || Chief of Tribal Affairs || Killed in 2003
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|22. || Jamal Mustafa Abdullah || Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs || Released on 30 June 2020
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|23. || Mizban Khadr al-Hadi || RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region || Died on 16 May 2020
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|24. || Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf || Vice President of Iraq || Died of cancer on 9 August 2009
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|25. || Tariq Aziz || Deputy Prime Minister || Died of heart attack on 5 June 2015
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|26. || Walid Hamid Tawfiq || Governor of Basrah Governorate || Released on 25 June 2020
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|27. || Sultan Hashim|| Minister of Defense || Died on 19 July 2020
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|28. || Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim || Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min. || Died of cancer on 27 January 2012
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|29. || Mahmud Dhiyab || Minister of the Interior || Released on 9 July 2012
|-style="background:#ffe0e0"
|30. || Iyad Futayyih || Al Quds Force Chief of Staff || Died of a stroke on 18 May 2018
|-style="background:#ffe0e0"
|31. || Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib || DMI Director || Died on 15 June 2020
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|32. || Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi || Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen || Released in 2005
|-style="background:#ffe0e0"
|33. || Amer Mohammad Rashid || Presidential Advisor || Died on 17 September 2025
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|34. || Hossam Mohammed Amin || National Monitoring Director || Died in the UAE on 8 July 2021
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|35. || Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih || Minister of Trade || Released on 18 March 2012
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|36. || Sabawi Ibrahim || Head of the Directorate of General Security || Died of cancer on 8 July 2013
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|37. || Watban Ibrahim || Interior Minister of Iraq || Died on 13 August 2015
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|38. || Barzan Ibrahim || Presidential Advisor || Executed on 15 January 2007
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|39. || Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash || Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman || Released on 18 December 2005
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|40. || Abd al-Baqi Abd Karim al-Sadun || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Baghdad || Died on 14 December 2021
|- style="background:#eaf3ff"
|41. || Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov || Sentenced to life imprisonment on 9 April 2009
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|42. || Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim || Minister of Oil || Released on 21 April 2023
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|43. || Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur || Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research || Released on 18 December 2005
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|44. || Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Basrah Gov. || Killed in 2003
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|45. || Nayef Shindakh Thamir || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Gov. || Killed in 2003
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|46. || Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Muthanna Gov. || Killed in Mosul by the Islamic State in 2014
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|47. || Fadil Mahmud Gharib || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Babil/Karbala Gov. || Killed in Mosul by the Islamic State in 2014
|- style="background:#fc3"
|49. || Rashid Taan Kazim || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Anbar Governorate || Believed to be at large
|- style="background:#e0ffe0"
|50. || Uglah Abid Siqir al-Kubaysi || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Maysan Governorate
| Released in April 2012
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|51. || Ghazi Hamoud Al-Obaidi || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Wasit Gov. || Died of cancer in April 2007
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|52. || Adil Abdullah Mahdi Al-Douri || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Dhi Qar Governorate || Died on 22 March 2004
|- style="background:#eaf3ff"
|53. || Hussein Al-Awadi || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Ninawa Governorate || Captured on June 9, 2003
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|54. || Khamis Sirhan || BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Karbala Governorate || Died on 11 January 2013
|- style="background:#ffe0e0"
|55. || Saad Abdul-Majid||BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Gov. ||Died on 16 April 2021
|}
See also
- 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
- 2003 Iraq war timeline
- High-value target
- Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
- Torture and murder in Iraq
- USA kill or capture strategy in Iraq
- Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War