Abdul Karim al-Azri

Abdul Karim Abdul Hussein al-Azri is an Iraqi politician born in Kadhimiya in 1908, and died in London at the age of 100.

He studied economics and political science at the University of London.

He held various positions in the Kingdom of Iraq. He was consul for Iraq in 1930 in Kermanshah, Foreign Minister and Minister of Reconstruction several times, in addition to his work in the Teachers' House and Secretary of the Minister of Education and then aide to the President of the Royal Court, in the monarchy of Iraq.

He was Minister of Finance from February 1950 to September 1950, from September 1953 to February 1954, and from December 1957 to May 1958.

Abdul Karim al-Azri is the son of Iraqi writer and journalist Abdul Hussein al-Azri and brother of the minister Abdul Amir al-Azri.

His book, A History of Memories of Iraq 1930–1958, was published in 1982.