List of presidents of Iraq

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This is a list of presidents of Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Republic in 1958.

List of officeholders

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • →
1 Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
محمد نجيب الربيعي
(1904–1965) 		— 14 July 1958 8 February 1963
(deposed)[1] 		4 years, 209 days Military
2 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
— Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz
عبد الرحمن البزاز
(1913–1973)
Acting President 		— 13 April 1966 16 April 1966 3 days Arab Socialist Union
3 Abdul Rahman Arif
عبد الرحمن عارف
(1916–2007) 		— 16 April 1966 17 July 1968
(deposed)[3] 		2 years, 92 days Military /
Arab Socialist Union
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • →
4 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)
5 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)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
— 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
— 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
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • →
— Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
غازي مشعل عجيل الياور
(born 1958)
Interim President 		2004 28 June 2004 7 April 2005 283 days The Iraqis
6 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
7 Fuad Masum
فؤاد معصوم
فواد مەعسووم
(born 1938) 		2014 24 July 2014 2 October 2018 4 years, 70 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
8 Barham Salih
برهم صالح
بەرهەم ساڵح
(born 1960) 		2018 2 October 2018 17 October 2022 4 years, 15 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
9 Abdul Latif Rashid
لطيف رشيد
لەتیف ڕەشید
(born 1944) 		2022 17 October 2022 Incumbent
(Term expires October 2026) 		1 year, 183 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Timeline

Abdul Latif RashidBarham SalihFuad MasumJalal TalabaniGhazi Mashal Ajil al-YawerSaddam HusseinAhmed Hassan al-BakrAbdul Rahman ArifAbd ar-Rahman al-BazzazAbdul Salam ArifMuhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i

See also

References

  1. ^ Dana Adams Schmidt (9 February 1963). "NASSERITE COUP IN IRAQ TOPPLES KASSIM'S REGIME". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ "IRAQ'S PRESIDENT DEAD IN AIR CRASH". The New York Times. 14 April 1966. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ Benjamin Welles (18 July 1968). "JUNTA RULES IRAQ IN RIGHTIST COUP". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Bakr Quits in Iraq, Names Hussein". The New York Times. 17 July 1979. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. ^ Patrick Tyler (10 April 2003). "U.S. Forces Take Control of Baghdad". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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