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[edit]

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 1 year, 226 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Timeline[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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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