| He also served as the from 1979 until his death, appointed days after Saddam Hussein succeeded to the | Khairallah later resurfaced in early 1989 when video footage was released showing Khairallah, Sajida, and Saddam on a fishing holiday near |
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| Al-Shammari, Maysar 1 June 2003 | Death and aftermath [ ] Adnan Khairallah's statue in Baghdad, 2003 |
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29| He was also appointed Minister of State, and held membership ini both the Ba'ath Party Regional Command and the , the primary decision-making body in Iraq | Rift with Saddam [ ] This section needs additional citations for |
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| The circumstances surrounding his death, including his disputes with Saddam and rumors of a potential coup, have led some to believe Khairallah was assassinated under orders from Saddam | His father was also the maternal uncle of , who would later marry Khairallah's sister, |
Khairallah attended the Military College and the Staff College, and later graduated with a degree from the Baghdad University School of Law and Politics in 1975.