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The Senate of Iraq (Majlis al-A`yan) was the unelected
King of Iraq.[1] The Senate remained in existence until the 1958 revolution
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Presidents of the Senate
| Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yusuf al-Suwaydi | July 1925 | 2 November 1929 | [2][3][4][5] |
Mohammad Al-Sadr
|
2 November 1929 | February 1937 | [6][7][8][9] |
| Muhammed Ridha al-Shabibi | 27 February 1937 | August 1937 | [10][8][11] |
Mohammad Al-Sadr
|
December 1937 | December 1943 | [9][12] |
Jamil Al-Madfai
|
December 1943 | December 1944 | [13][14] |
| Salih Bashayan | ? | ? | |
Nuri Al-Said
|
July 1945 | 21 November 1946 | [15] |
Mohammad Al-Sadr
|
June 1948 | 1948 | [9] |
Nuri Al-Said
|
1948 | 6 January 1949 | [13] |
Jamil Al-Madfai
|
? - 1952 | January 1953 | [13][14][16] |
Jamil Al-Madfai
|
September 1953 | 1957 - ? | [13][17] |
| Abdul Hadi Chalabi | ? - 1958 | 14 July 1958 | [18] |
Members
Members of the Iraqi Senate included:
- Menahem Saleh Daniel. Appointed 1925, representing Iraqi Jews. Remained member until 1932, when he was succeeded by his son.[19][20]
- Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi. Appointed 1925, remained member until 1929.[21]
- Mawlud Mukhlis. Appointed 1925. Appointed vice-president of the Senate in 1936, though resigned in 1937 when he was elected Baghdad deputy to Parliament. He later returned to the Senate.[22]
- Muhammad al-Sadr. Appointed 1925, remaining until his death in 1956. President of the Senate from 1929 until 1944, with the exception of 1937.[23]
- Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas. Appointed 1925, representing the Chaldean Catholic Church.[24] Remained member until his death in 1947, when he was succeeded by Yousef VII Ghanima.
- Rustum Haydar, appointed 1931.[25]
- Ezra Menachem Daniel (1874-1952). Appointed member 1932, replacing his father; remained on the Senate until his death in 1952.[20]
- Abdul Hadi Chalabi, appointed 1947.
- Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, appointed 1948–9.[26]
- Tawfiq Wahbi.[27]
- Nureddin Mahmud, member from January 1953 to 1958.[28]
- Sheikh Ahmad A.Yaseen AlAmer, appointed Mayor of Basra and Al Zubair province and Member of Parliament from 1945 - 1950|[29]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-8047-7415-4.
- ^ "Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1925". HathiTrust.
- ^ "Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1927-28". HathiTrust.
- ISBN 9781135778217– via Google Books.
- ^ "Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1927-28". HathiTrust.
- ^ "Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1929". HathiTrust.
- ^ "Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1931". HathiTrust.
- ^ ISBN 9781556556715– via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 9780810865686– via Google Books.
- ^ "'File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia' [30r] (59/96)". Qatar Digital Library. September 10, 2018.
- ^ "مجموعة ١٧/ ١٧ "تقارير سنوية لوزارة الخارجية، ١٩٣٢-١٩٣٨، ١٩٤٧. استعراض سنوي للأحداث ١٩٣٩-١٩٤٢. استعراض سياسي ١٩٤٣-١٩٤٤" [و٦٤] (٤٨٣/١٢٧)". مكتبة قطر الرقمية. September 19, 2017.
- ^ "'File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia' [30v] (60/96)". Qatar Digital Library. September 10, 2018.
- ^ .
- ^ a b "The Petroleum Times". Petroleum Times. January 5, 1952 – via Google Books.
- ^ "'File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia' [32v] (64/96)". Qatar Digital Library. September 10, 2018.
- ^ "The Middle East and North Africa". 1953.
- ^ "The Middle East and North Africa". 1957.
- ^ Blattner, Elwyn James; Blattner, James Elwyn (January 5, 1958). "Who's who in U.A.R and the Near East". Paul Barbey Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "Daniel, Menahem Salih | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-230-61623-3.
- ^ Who's Who in Iraq, 1936, p. 587
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ISBN 978-1-351-70674-2.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ^ Mohammed (1990), p. 178
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