This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.
List of officeholders edit
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Head of State (Reign / Term) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
 .svg){kind=small} • Kingdom of Iraq (under the British Mandate) (1920–1932) • .svg){kind=small} | ||||||||
 | Abd al-Rahman al-Gillani عبد الرحمن الكيلاني (1841–1927) | — | 11 November 1920 | 20 November 1922 | 2 years, 9 days | Independent | Faisal I (1921–1933) | |
 | Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) | — | 20 November 1922 | 22 November 1923 | 1 year, 2 days | Independent | ||
 | Jaafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936) | — | 22 November 1923 | 2 August 1924 | 254 days | Independent | ||
 | Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937) | — | 2 August 1924 | 26 June 1925 | 328 days | Independent | ||
| | Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) | 1925 | 26 June 1925 | 21 November 1926 | 1 year, 148 days | Progressive Party[a][1] | ||
| | Jaafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936) | — | 21 November 1926 | 11 January 1928 | 1 year, 51 days | Independent | ||
| | Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) | 1928 | 11 January 1928 | 28 April 1929 | 1 year, 107 days | Independent | ||
 | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) | — | 28 April 1929 | 19 September 1929 | 144 days | Independent | ||
| | Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) | — | 19 September 1929 | 13 November 1929 (died in office) | 55 days | Independent | ||
 | Naji al-Suwaidi ناجي السويدي (1882–1942) | — | 18 November 1929 | 23 March 1930 | 125 days | Independent | ||
 | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | 1930 | 23 March 1930 | 3 November 1932 | 2 years, 225 days | Party of the Covenant[b][1] | ||
| • Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958) • | ||||||||
 | Naji Shawkat ناجي شوكت (1893–1980) | — | 3 November 1932 | 20 March 1933 | 137 days | Independent[c][1] | Faisal I (1921–1933) | |
 | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) | 1933 | 20 March 1933 | 9 November 1933 | 234 days | Party of National Brotherhood | ||
Ghazi I (1933–1939) | ||||||||
 | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) | — | 9 November 1933 | 27 August 1934 | 291 days | Independent | ||
 | Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) | 1934 | 27 August 1934 | 4 March 1935 | 189 days | Independent | ||
| | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) | — | 4 March 1935 | 17 March 1935 | 13 days | Independent | ||
| | Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937) | 1935 | 17 March 1935 | 30 October 1936 (deposed) | 1 year, 227 days | Independent | ||
 | Hikmat Sulayman حكمت سليمان (1889–1964) | 1936–37 | 30 October 1936 | 17 August 1937 | 291 days | Military / Independent[d][2] | ||
| | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) | Dec 1937 | 17 August 1937 | 25 December 1938 (deposed)[e][3] | 1 year, 130 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | 1939 | 25 December 1938 | 31 March 1940 (deposed)[f][4] | 1 year, 97 days | Military / Independent | ||
Faisal II (1939–1958) | ||||||||
| | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) | — | 31 March 1940 | 3 February 1941 | 309 days | Military / Independent[5] | ||
 | Taha al-Hashimi طه الهاشمي (1888–1961) | — | 3 February 1941 | 13 April 1941 (deposed)[g][6] | 69 days | Military / Independent | ||
| | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) | — | 13 April 1941 | 30 May 1941 (deposed) | 47 days | Military / Independent[7] | ||
| | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) | — | 4 June 1941 | 10 October 1941 | 128 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | 1943 | 10 October 1941 | 4 June 1944 | 2 years, 238 days | Independent | ||
 | Hamdi al-Pachachi حمدي الباجه جي (1886–1948) | — | 4 June 1944 | 23 February 1946 | 1 year, 264 days | Independent | ||
| | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) | — | 23 February 1946 | 1 June 1946 | 98 days | Liberal Party | ||
 | Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978) | — | 1 June 1946 | 21 November 1946 | 173 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | — | 21 November 1946 | 29 March 1947 | 128 days | Military / Independent | ||
| | Salih Jabr سيد صالح جبر (1896–1957) | 1946–47 | 29 March 1947 | 29 January 1948 | 306 days | Nation's Socialist Party | ||
 | Muhammad as-Sadr سيد محمد الصدر (1882–1956) | — | 29 January 1948 | 26 June 1948 | 149 days | Independent | ||
 | Muzahim al-Pachachi مزاحم الباجه جي (1891–1982) | 1948 | 26 June 1948 | 6 January 1949 | 194 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | — | 6 January 1949 | 10 December 1949 | 338 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | ||
| | Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) | — | 10 December 1949 | 5 February 1950 | 57 days | Independent | ||
| | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) | — | 5 February 1950 | 15 September 1950 | 222 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | — | 15 September 1950 | 12 July 1952 | 1 year, 301 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | ||
 | Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari مصطفى محمود العمري (1894–1962) | — | 12 July 1952 | 23 November 1952 | 134 days | Independent | ||
 | Nureddin Mahmud نور الدين محمود (1899–1981) | — | 23 November 1952 | 29 January 1953 | 67 days | Independent | ||
| | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) | 1953 | 29 January 1953 | 17 September 1953 | 231 days | Independent | ||
 | Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali محمد فاضل الجمالي (1903–1997) | — | 17 September 1953 | 29 April 1954 | 224 days | Independent | ||
| | Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978) | Jun 1954 | 29 April 1954 | 4 August 1954 | 97 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | Sep 1954 | 4 August 1954 | 20 June 1957 | 2 years, 320 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | ||
| | Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) | — | 20 June 1957 | 15 December 1957 | 178 days | Military / United National Front | ||
 | Abdul-Wahab Mirjan عبد الوهاب مرجان (1909–1964) | — | 15 December 1957 | 3 March 1958 | 78 days | Independent | ||
| | Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) | — | 3 March 1958 | 18 May 1958 | 76 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | ||
 | Ahmad Mukhtar Baban أحمد مختار بابان (1900–1976) | 1958 | 18 May 1958 | 14 July 1958 (deposed) | 57 days | Independent | ||
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 | Abdul-Karim Qasim عبد الكريم قاسم (1914–1963) | — | 14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 (deposed)[8] | 4 years, 209 days | Military | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1958–1963) | |
 | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) | — | 8 February 1963 | 18 November 1963 (deposed)[9] | 283 days | Military / Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966) | |
 | Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986) | — | 20 November 1963 | 6 September 1965 | 1 year, 290 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | ||
.png) | Arif Abd ar-Razzaq عارف عبد الرزاق (1921–2007) | — | 6 September 1965 | 21 September 1965 | 15 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | ||
 | Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973) | — | 21 September 1965 | 9 August 1966 | 322 days | Arab Socialist Union | ||
 | Naji Talib ناجي طالب (1917–2012) | — | 9 August 1966 | 10 May 1967 | 274 days | Military | Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968) | |
| | Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007) | — | 10 May 1967 | 10 July 1967 | 61 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | ||
| | Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986) | — | 10 July 1967 | 17 July 1968 (deposed)[10] | 1 year, 7 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | ||
→ .svg){kind=small} • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • → .svg){kind=small} | ||||||||
| | Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif عبد الرزاق النايف (1933–1978) | — | 17 July 1968 | 30 July 1968 | 13 days | Military | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979) | |
| | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) | — | 31 July 1968 | 16 July 1979 (resigned)[11] | 10 years, 350 days | Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | ||
.jpg) | Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) | 1980 1984 1989 | 16 July 1979 | 23 March 1991 | 11 years, 250 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Saddam Hussein (1979–2003) | |
.jpg) | Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007) | — | 23 March 1991 | 13 September 1991[12] | 174 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | ||
 | Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi محمد حمزة الزبيدي (1938–2005) | — | 16 September 1991 | 5 September 1993 | 1 year, 354 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | ||
 | Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي (born 1941) | — | 5 September 1993 | 29 May 1994 | 266 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | ||
.jpg) | Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) | 1996 2000 | 29 May 1994[13] | 9 April 2003 (deposed)[14] | 8 years, 315 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | ||
| • Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • | ||||||||
 | Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) Acting Prime Minister | — | 13 July 2003 | 31 July 2003 | 18 days | Independent | Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004) | |
 | Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947) | — | 1 August 2003 | 31 August 2003 | 30 days | Islamic Dawa Party | ||
 | Ahmed al-Chalabi أحمد جلبي (1944–2015) | — | 1 September 2003 | 30 September 2003 | 29 days | Iraqi National Congress | ||
 | Ayad Allawi إياد علاوي (born 1944) | — | 1 October 2003 | 31 October 2003 | 30 days | Iraqi National Accord | ||
 | Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني (1933–2017) | — | 1 November 2003 | 30 November 2003 | 29 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | ||
 | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim عبد العزيز الحكيم (1952–2009) | — | 1 December 2003 | 31 December 2003 | 30 days | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq | ||
 | Adnan al-Pachachi عدنان بجاجي (1923–2019) | — | 1 January 2004 | 31 January 2004 | 30 days | Assembly of Independent Democrats | ||
| | Mohsen Abdel Hamid محسن عبد الحميد (born 1937) | — | 1 February 2004 | 29 February 2004 | 28 days | Iraqi Islamic Party | ||
| | Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) | — | 1 March 2004 | 31 March 2004 | 30 days | Independent | ||
 | Massoud Barzani مسعود برزاني (born 1946) | — | 1 April 2004 | 30 April 2004 | 29 days | Kurdistan Democratic Party | ||
 | Ezzedine Salim عز الدين سليم (1943–2004) | — | 1 May 2004 | 17 May 2004 (died in office) | 16 days | Islamic Dawa Party | ||
 | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (born 1958) | — | 17 May 2004 | 1 June 2004 | 15 days | Independent | ||
.svg){kind=small} →  • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • .svg){kind=small} → | ||||||||
 | Ayad Allawi إياد علاوي (born 1944) | — | 1 June 2004 | 3 May 2005 | 336 days | Iraqi National Accord | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005) | |
 | Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947) | Jan 2005 | 3 May 2005 | 20 May 2006 | 1 year, 17 days | Islamic Dawa Party | Jalal Talabani.jpg) (2005–2014) | |
 | Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي (born 1950) | Dec 2005 2010 | 20 May 2006 | 8 September 2014 | 8 years, 111 days | Islamic Dawa Party | ||
Fuad Masum (2014–2018) | ||||||||
 | Haider al-Abadi حيدر العبادي (born 1952) | 2014 | 8 September 2014 | 25 October 2018 | 4 years, 47 days | Victory Alliance | ||
Barham Salih.jpg) (2018–2022) | ||||||||
.jpg) | Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي (born 1942) | 2018 | 25 October 2018 | 7 May 2020 | 1 year, 194 days | Independent | ||
 | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi مصطفي الکاظمي (born 1967) | — | 7 May 2020 | 27 October 2022 | 2 years, 174 days | Independent | ||
.jpg) | Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani محمد شياع السوداني (born 1970) | 2021 | 27 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 191 days | Al-Furatayn[15] | Abdul Latif Rashid (2022–present) | |
Timeline edit
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ This party existed only for the duration of al-Sa‘doun's second term as prime minister.
- ^ Abbreviated as the Covenant Party, this party existed only for the duration of al-Said's first term as prime minister.
- ^ While not affiliated with an official political party, Shawkat was supported by a parliamentary group known as the Parliamentary Bloc which only existed for the duration of his administration.
- ^ While not affiliated with a political party, Sulayman was an ally of Bakr Sidqi during the latter's military rule.
- ^ Midfai was forced to resign under military pressure.
- ^ al-Said resigned in large part due to the pressure from the Golden Square, although on the condition that he be the foreign minister in al-Gaylani's cabinet.
- ^ Initially approved by the Golden Square, al-Hashimi was deposed after refusing concessions to them.
References edit
- ^ a b c Kedourie, Elie (12 November 2012). Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-27585-2.
- ^ Lukitz, Liora (1995). Iraq: the search for national identity (1. publ ed.). London: Frank Cass. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-7146-4128-7.
- ^ Mullen, Thomas W. (1988). "The Military in Iraq". Journal of Third World Studies. 5 (1): 102–112. ISSN 8755-3449.
- ^ Scott, James C (9 August 2001). "The Coup". Iraqi Coup. California State University, Sacramento. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.
- ^ Lukitz, Liora (1995). Iraq: the search for national identity (1. publ ed.). London: Frank Cass. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7146-4128-7.
- ^ Scott, James C (9 August 2001). "The Coup". Iraqi Coup. California State University, Sacramento. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.
- ^ Ghareeb, Edmund A. (2004). Historical dictionary of Iraq. Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Lanham (Md.) Oxford: Scarecrow press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4330-1.
- ^ Dana Adams Schmidt (9 February 1963). "NASSERITE COUP IN IRAQ TOPPLES KASSIM'S REGIME". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "IRAQI CHIEF SAYS COUP IS A SUCCESS". The New York Times. 19 November 1963. 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.
- ^ "Hussein Tightens Grip by Dismissing Premier". The New York Times. 15 September 1991. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Iraqi Leader Assumes Post". The New York Times. 30 May 1994. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Patrick Tyler (10 April 2003). "U.S. Forces Take Control of Baghdad". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al Sudani's Biography | Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington, D.C."
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