Mikhail Yuhanna (lang-ar??????? ????? (M?????l Y??ann?), later and more popularly known as Tariq Aziz or Tareq Aziz (lang-ar???? ???? (translarDIN??riq ?Az?z), lang-syr??? ???? ); born April 28, 1936 in Tel Keppe) was the Foreign Minister (1983 - 1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979 - 2003) of Iraq and a close advisor of former President (President of Iraq) Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activist (Activism)s for the then-banned Baath Party.

Since Saddam Hussein was both Prime Minister (Prime Minister of Iraq) and President of Iraq, Aziz often played the role of Iraqs de facto head of government. Because of security concerns, Hussein rarely left Iraq, so Aziz would often represent Iraq at high-level diplomatic summits. What the United States wanted, he averred, was not "regime change" in Iraq but rather "region change". He summed up the Bush Administration (George W. Bush administration)s reasons for war against Iraq tersely: "oil and Israel."

Aziz is currently in prison in Camp Cropper in western Baghdad. He was acquitted of some charges on March 1 2009 following a trial, but was jailed for 15 years on March 11 2009 for his role in the executions of 42 merchants found guilty of profiteering (Profiteering (business)) in 1992. It was reported on 17 January 2010 that he had suffered a stroke whilst in prison and had been transferred to hospital.