List of prime ministers of Iraq

This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.

List of officeholders

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Head of State (Reign / Term)
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Head of State (Reign / Term)
• Kingdom of Iraq (under the British Mandate) (1920–1932) •
	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'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	—	20 November 1922	22 November 1923	1 year, 2 days	Independent
	Ja'far 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'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	1925	26 June 1925	21 November 1926	1 year, 148 days	Progressive Party^[a]^[1]
	Ja'far al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936)	—	21 November 1926	11 January 1928	1 year, 51 days	Independent
	Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun 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'dun 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	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
	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	Socialist Nation Party
	Mohammad al-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
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • →
	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
	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
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • →
	Abdul 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)	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979)
	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)
	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)
	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
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • →
	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 (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	Jalal Talabani (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	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 (2018–2022)
	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
	Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani محمد شياع السوداني (born 1970)	2021	27 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 30 days	Al-Furatayn^[15]	Abdul Latif Rashid (2022–present)

Timeline

Notes

^ 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

^ ^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. JSTOR 45192994.
^ 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."

[1] This party existed only for the duration of al-Sa‘doun's second term as prime minister.

[3] Abbreviated as the Covenant Party, this party existed only for the duration of al-Said's first term as prime minister.

[4] 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.

[5] While not affiliated with a political party, Sulayman was an ally of Bakr Sidqi during the latter's military rule.

[7] Midfai was forced to resign under military pressure.

[9] -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.

[12] Initially approved by the Golden Square, al-Hashimi was deposed after refusing concessions to them.

[:0-2] Kedourie, Elie (12 November 2012). Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-27585-2.

[6] Lukitz, Liora (1995). Iraq: the search for national identity (1. publ ed.). London: Frank Cass. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-7146-4128-7.

[8] Mullen, Thomas W. (1988). "The Military in Iraq". Journal of Third World Studies. 5 (1): 102–112. ISSN 8755-3449. JSTOR 45192994.

[10] Scott, James C (9 August 2001). "The Coup". Iraqi Coup. California State University, Sacramento. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.

[11] Lukitz, Liora (1995). Iraq: the search for national identity (1. publ ed.). London: Frank Cass. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7146-4128-7.

[13] Scott, James C (9 August 2001). "The Coup". Iraqi Coup. California State University, Sacramento. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.

[:1-14] 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.

[15] Dana Adams Schmidt (9 February 1963). "NASSERITE COUP IN IRAQ TOPPLES KASSIM'S REGIME". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[16] "IRAQI CHIEF SAYS COUP IS A SUCCESS". The New York Times. 19 November 1963. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[17] Benjamin Welles (18 July 1968). "JUNTA RULES IRAQ IN RIGHTIST COUP". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[18] "Bakr Quits in Iraq, Names Hussein". The New York Times. 17 July 1979. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[19] "Hussein Tightens Grip by Dismissing Premier". The New York Times. 15 September 1991. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

[20] "Iraqi Leader Assumes Post". The New York Times. 30 May 1994. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[21] Patrick Tyler (10 April 2003). "U.S. Forces Take Control of Baghdad". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[22] "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al Sudani's Biography | Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington, D.C."

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List of prime ministers of Iraq

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