1989 in Iraq

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Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1989 List of years in Iraq

The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Iraq.

Incumbents

• President: Saddam Hussein
• Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein
• Vice President:
  • Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
  • Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Events

• 

  Victory Arch, Baghdad 2003

  16 February – an agreement is signed in Baghdad by Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen to form the Arab Cooperation Council ^[1]
• 1 April – Iraqi parliamentary election are held, as a result the Ba'ath Party won 207 of the 250 seats. ^[2]
• 8 August –the Victory Arch monument is opened to the public in honor of the Iraqi soldiers who fell during the Iran–Iraq War, which concluded a year earlier. ^[3]

Date Unknown

• The Iraqi University is established. ^[4]

Births

• 28 February – Neama Riadh, Iraqi TV presenter.
• 1 July – Miran Khesro, Iraqi footballer. ^[5]
• 21 August – Karoj Sindi, Iraqi-German footballer.
• 3 September – Rayan al-Kildani, Iraqi Assyrian politician. ^[6]
• 29 September – Lawen Redar, Iraqi-Swedish politician .
• 30 September – Zahraa Ben Mime, Iraqi-Tunisian actress and model. ^[7]
• 14 October – Mohammed Abdul-Zahra, Iraqi footballer.

Date Unknown

• Roza Salih, Iraqi-Scottish politician.

Deaths

• 13 March – Dilshad Meriwani, Iraqi Kurdish poet, teacher and translator.(b.1947)
• 13 April – Mar Paul II Cheikho, Iraqi Assyrian and Chaldean Patriarch. (b.1906)
• 2 April – Muhammad al-Qubanchi, Iraqi Maqam singer.(b.1904) ^[8]
• 4 May – Adnan Khayr Allah, Iraqi military officer and politician. (b.1940)

References

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2. Axtmann, Dirk (2001-11-15), Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.), "Iraq" , Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume I: Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, Oxford University Press, p. 0, doi:10.1093/019924958x.003.0004, ISBN   978-0-19-924958-9 , retrieved 2025-02-16
3. "أثر الحرب الإيرانية - العراقية في الشرق الأوسط". اندبندنت عربية (in Arabic). 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
4. "الجامعات الحكومية". mohesr.gov.iq. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Miran Khasro (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
6. "Sanctions List Search". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
7. "زهراء بن ميم (زهراء حبيب) - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو". elCinema.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-08-28.
8. "محمد القبانجي.. سيرة مختصرة وإبداع". ShareThis. Retrieved 2025-08-28.