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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.
Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun | March 1924 | 2 August 1924 | [2] |
Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani | July 1925 | 8 May 1926 | [3] |
Hikmat Sulayman | 8 May 1926 | 1 November 1926 | [4] |
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani | 1 November 1926 | 21 November 1926 | [5] |
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun | 27 November 1926 | 19 January 1928 | [6] |
Abdul Aziz al-Qassab | 19 January 1928 | 30 April 1929 | [7] |
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun | 30 April 1929 | 2 November 1929 | [8] |
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi | 2 November 1929 | 1 November 1930 | [9] |
Jafar al-Askari | 1 November 1930 | December 1930 | [10] |
Jamil Al-Madfai | December 1930 | 1 November 1931 | [11] [12] |
Jafar al-Askari | 1 November 1931 | 30 November 1931 | [13] |
Jamil Al-Madfai | 30 November 1931 | November 1933 | [14] [15] |
Rashid Al-Khojah | November 1933 | February 1934 | [15] |
Salman Al-Barrak | 1934 | 1934 | |
Rashid Al-Khojah | 29 December 1934 | March 1935 | [15] |
Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi | March 1935 | August 1935 | [4] [16] |
Muhammad Zaki Mahmud | 4 August 1935 | October 1936 - ? | [17] |
Nasrat al-Farisi | ? | ? | [12] |
Fakhri al-Jamil | 27 February 1937 | ? | [18] |
Mawlud Mukhlis | December 1937 | November 1941 | [19] |
Hamdi al-Pachachi | November 1941 | December 1943 | [20] [21] |
al Fariq Salih Saib | December 1943 | December 1943 | [22] |
Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi | December 1943 | December 1944 | [23] [24] |
Muhammad Hassan Kubba | December 1944 | December 1944 | [25] |
Muhammad Amin Zaki | December 1944 | June 1946 | [26] |
? | ? | ? | |
Abdul Aziz al-Qassab | 17 March 1947 | December 1948 | |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) | December 1948 | September 1950 | |
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Fadel Al-Jamali) | October 1950 | 1 December 1951 | [21] |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) | 1 December 1951 | 27 October 1952 | [27] |
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Fadel Al-Jamali) | 24 January 1953 | September 1953 | |
? | ? | ? | |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) | 1 December 1953 | 29 April 1954 | |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) | 26 July 1954 | 3 August 1954 | |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) | 16 September 1954 | 20 June 1957 | |
Izzuddin Mulla | 1957 | 1958 | [28] |
Khalil Kannah | 14 February 1958 | 10 May 1958 | [29] |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) | 10 May 1958 | 14 July 1958 | [30] |
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