List of people associated with the 2003 invasion of Iraq

This is a list of notable people associated with the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq.

Australia

• John Howard, Prime Minister
• Andrew Wilkie

China

• Hu Jintao, President
• Li Zhaoxing, Foreign Minister

France

• Jacques Chirac, President
• Dominique de Villepin, Foreign Minister

Germany

• Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor
• Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister

Iraq

• Rafid Ahmed Alwan, aka "Curveball"
• Tariq Aziz
• Ahmed Chalabi – Iraqi National Congress
• Qusay Hussein
• Saddam Hussein
• Uday Hussein
• Taha Yassin Ramadan – Vice President
• Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi – Liaison to UNSCOM
• Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf – Information Minister
• Abdul Razak al-Hashimi – coordinated with human shields

Russia

• Vladimir Putin, President
• Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister

Spain

• José María Aznar

UK

Government

• Tony Blair, Prime Minister
• Lord Goldsmith, Attorney General for England and Wales
• Jeremy Greenstock, UK ambassador to the UN during the buildup, and then UK representative in Iraq post-invasion.
• Geoff Hoon, Secretary of State for Defence
• Clare Short, International Development Secretary
• Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary
• Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Deputy chief legal adviser to the Foreign Office

Military

• Major-General Tim Cross
• Johnson Beharry, Awarded a rare Victoria Cross for two separate acts of bravery. First living recipient of the award since 1969.
• Air Marshal Brian Burridge, In charge of UK invasion, Operation Telic

Other

• Robin Cook
• Katharine Gun
• David Kelly

United Nations

• Kofi Annan, Secretary-General
• Hans Blix, head of UNSCOM
• Mohamed ElBaradei – Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency

United States

CPA

• Paul Bremer – former head of the CPA
• Jay Garner – former head of ORHA

Government

• George W. Bush, President
• Dick Cheney, Vice President
• I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby – Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President and his Assistant for Security Affairs; founding member of the Project for the New American Century; former student and close associate of Paul Wolfowitz
• Richard Perle – former Assistant Secretary of Defense
• Colin Powell – Secretary of State
• Condoleezza Rice – National Security Advisor
• Donald Rumsfeld – Defense Secretary
• George Tenet – CIA Director
• Paul Wolfowitz – Deputy Secretary of Defense

Military

• Lynndie England
• General Tommy Franks
• Corporal Sean Huze, USMC, RCT-1, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
• PFC Jessica Lynch
• Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan, CFLCC Commander
• General David Petraeus-Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq
• Lieutenant Colonel Eddie Ray USMC Battalion Commander, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
• General Ricardo Sanchez
• Gunnery Sergeant Justin LeHew USMC, RCT-2 Task Force Tarawa

Theorists

• Bruce P. Jackson – Chairman of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and current chair of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
• Bernard Lewis
• Michael Rubin – A specialist on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Randy Scheunemann – President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which was created by the Project for the New American Century
• Harlan K. Ullman – Military theorist responsible for the shock and awe strategy
• James Woolsey – former CIA Director

Other

• Peter Arnett – journalist
• Joseph C. Wilson – Former diplomat whose criticism of the claim Saddam sought uranium from Niger led to the Plame affair

See also

• U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis