List of presidents of Iraq

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

## List of officeholders

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No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Elected  | Term of office  | Political party

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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  | 2 years, 48 days  | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

## Timeline

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## See also

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* List of kings of Iraq
* President of Iraq
* Vice President of Iraq
* Prime Minister of Iraq
* List of prime ministers of Iraq

## References

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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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Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)|

* ar-Ruba'i†
* Abdul Salam Arif†
* al-Bazzaz†*
* Abdul Rahman Arif†

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Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)|

* al-Bakr
* Hussein

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Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)|

* Garner*
* Bremer*

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* al-Yawer*
* Talabani
* Masum
* Salih
* Rashid

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