Gulf War 1991 uprising in Iraq Saadi Toma Abbas (Arabic: سعدي طعمة عباس; 17 March 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a former Iraqi military and politician.

He was born in 1939 and held various ministerial positions during the rule of Saddam Hussein.

On 12 December 1990, he was appointed as Ministry of Defence and remained in office until 6 April 1991.

In 1998 he was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and remained in his position until 29 June 2002.

On 2 December 2008, the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison for suppressing the 1991 uprising in Iraq while he was serving as commander of the military forces in the southern region.