List of presidents of Iraq
Appearance
This is a list of presidents of Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Republic in 1958.
List of officeholders
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Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي (1904–1965) |
— | 14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 (deposed)[1] |
4 years, 209 days | Military |
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Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف (1921–1966) |
— | 8 February 1963 | 13 April 1966 (died in office)[2] |
3 years, 64 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union |
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Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973) Acting President |
— | 13 April 1966 | 16 April 1966 | 3 days | Arab Socialist Union |
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Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007) |
— | 16 April 1966 | 17 July 1968 (deposed)[3] |
2 years, 92 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union |
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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) |
— | 17 July 1968 | 16 July 1979 (resigned)[4] |
10 years, 364 days | Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) |
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Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) |
1995 2002 |
16 July 1979 | 9 April 2003 (deposed)[5] |
23 years, 267 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) |
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— | Jay Garner جاي غارنر (born 1938) Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq |
— | 21 April 2003 | 12 May 2003 | 21 days | Democratic | |
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Paul Bremer بول بريمر (born 1941) Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq |
— | 12 May 2003 | 28 June 2004 | 1 year, 47 days | Republican |
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Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (born 1958) Interim President |
2004 | 28 June 2004 | 7 April 2005 | 283 days | The Iraqis |
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Jalal Talabani جلال طالباني جەلال تاڵەبانی (1933–2017) |
2005 2006 2010 |
7 April 2005 | 24 July 2014 | 9 years, 108 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
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Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم فواد مەعسووم (born 1938) |
2014 | 24 July 2014 | 2 October 2018 | 4 years, 70 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
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Barham Salih برهم صالح بەرهەم ساڵح (born 1960) |
2018 | 2 October 2018 | 17 October 2022 | 4 years, 15 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
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Abdul Latif Rashid لطيف رشيد لەتیف ڕەشید (born 1944) |
2022 | 17 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 311 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
Timeline
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dana Adams Schmidt (9 February 1963). "NASSERITE COUP IN IRAQ TOPPLES KASSIM'S REGIME". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "IRAQ'S PRESIDENT DEAD IN AIR CRASH". The New York Times. 14 April 1966. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Benjamin Welles (18 July 1968). "JUNTA RULES IRAQ IN RIGHTIST COUP". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Bakr Quits in Iraq, Names Hussein". The New York Times. 17 July 1979. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Patrick Tyler (10 April 2003). "U.S. Forces Take Control of Baghdad". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.