Chamber of Deputies of Iraq

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The Chamber of Deputies of Iraq (Majlis an-Nuwwab) was the elected lower house of the bicameral parliament established by the Mandatory Iraq's 1925 constitution. There were initially 87 deputies, who were elected [1] The Chamber of Deputies remained in existence until the 1958 revolution. The number of deputies was later increased to 141.

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Presidents of the Constituent Assembly

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun March 19242 August 1924 [2]

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani July 19258 May 1926 [3]
Hikmat Sulayman 8 May 19261 November 1926 [4]
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani 1 November 192621 November 1926 [5]
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun 27 November 192619 January 1928 [6]
Abdul Aziz al-Qassab 19 January 192830 April 1929 [7]
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun 30 April 19292 November 1929 [8]
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi 2 November 19291 November 1930 [9]
Jafar al-Askari 1 November 1930December 1930 [10]
Jamil Al-Madfai December 19301 November 1931 [11] [12]
Jafar al-Askari 1 November 193130 November 1931 [13]
Jamil Al-Madfai 30 November 1931November 1933 [14] [15]
Rashid Al-Khojah November 1933February 1934 [15]
Salman Al-Barrak 19341934
Rashid Al-Khojah 29 December 1934March 1935 [15]
Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi March 1935August 1935 [4] [16]
Muhammad Zaki Mahmud 4 August 1935October 1936 - ? [17]
Nasrat al-Farisi ?? [12]
Fakhri al-Jamil 27 February 1937? [18]
Mawlud Mukhlis December 1937November 1941 [19]
Hamdi al-Pachachi November 1941December 1943 [20] [21]
al Fariq Salih Saib December 1943December 1943 [22]
Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi December 1943December 1944 [23] [24]
Muhammad Hassan Kubba December 1944December 1944 [25]
Muhammad Amin Zaki December 1944June 1946 [26]
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Abdul Aziz al-Qassab 17 March 1947December 1948
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam)December 1948September 1950
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Fadel Al-Jamali)October 19501 December 1951 [21]
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam)1 December 195127 October 1952 [27]
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Fadel Al-Jamali)24 January 1953September 1953
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Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam)1 December 195329 April 1954
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam)26 July 19543 August 1954
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam)16 September 195420 June 1957
Izzuddin Mulla 19571958 [28]
Khalil Kannah 14 February 195810 May 1958 [29]
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam)10 May 195814 July 1958 [30]

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