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

List of officeholders

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
Flag of Iraq (1959–1963).svgFlag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svgIraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • Emblem of Iraq (1959-1965).svgCoat of arms of Iraq (1965-1991).svg
1 الربيعي.jpg Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
محمد نجيب الربيعي
(1904–1965)
14 July 1958 8 February 1963
(deposed)
4 years, 209 days Military
2 President Abd al-Salam Arif.jpg Abdul Salam Arif
عبد السلام عارف
(1921–1966)
8 February 1963 13 April 1966
(died in office)
3 years, 64 days Military /
Arab Socialist Union
Abdel-Rahman Al-Bazzaz.jpg Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz
عبد الرحمن البزاز
(1913–1973)
Acting President
13 April 1966 16 April 1966 3 days Arab Socialist Union
3 Abdel-Rahman Aref.jpg Abdul Rahman Arif
عبد الرحمن عارف
(1916–2007)
16 April 1966 17 July 1968
(deposed)
2 years, 92 days Military /
Arab Socialist Union
Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svgFlag of Iraq (1991–2004).svgIraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • Coat of arms of Iraq (1965-1991).svgCoat of arms of Iraq (1991–2004).svg
4 Ahmad Hassan el Bakr.jpg Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
أحمد حسن البكر
(1914–1982)
17 July 1968 16 July 1979
(resigned)
10 years, 364 days Military /
Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
5 Saddam Hussein in 1998.png Saddam Hussein
صدام حسين
(1937–2006)
1995
2002
16 July 1979 9 April 2003
(deposed)
23 years, 267 days Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svgIraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • Seal of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq.svg Coat of arms of Iraq (1991–2004).svg
JAY GARNER.JPG 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.jpg 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
Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svgFlag of Iraq.svgRepublic of Iraq (2004–present) • Coat of arms of Iraq (2004–2008).svgCoat of arms of Iraq.svg
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer 2004-06-01.jpg 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 Meetings of Presidents participated in Nowruz with Ali Khamenei - Tehran, Iran (Cropped on Talabani).jpg 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 2018.jpg 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 (cropped).jpg 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 in 2023.jpg Abdul Latif Rashid
لطيف رشيد
لەتیف ڕەشید
(born 1944)
2022 17 October 2022 Incumbent
(Term expires October 2025)
2 years, 47 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Timeline

Abdul Latif Rashid Barham Salih Fuad Masum Jalal Talabani Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Saddam Hussein Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Abdul Rahman Arif Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz Abdul Salam Arif Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Presidentes de Irak para niños

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