Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim (Arabic: سمير عبد العزيز النجم; born 1937 in Baghdad)[1] is a former Iraqi politician, who held several senior positions under President Saddam Hussein.
He was the Minister for Oil from January to April 2003 and the President's chief of staff for several years after the 1991 Gulf War.
al-Najim was the regional command chairman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party for East Baghdad.
[citation needed] Following the invasion of Iraq by the United States and allied forces in 2003, he was depicted as the four of clubs in their deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.
His assets were frozen under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 as a "senior official" and transferred to the Development Fund for Iraq.