Chamber of Deputies of Iraq

Building of the Chamber of Deputies

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.

Presidents of the Constituent Assembly

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun	March 1924	2 August 1924	[2]

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
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]

See also

• Kingdom of Iraq
• Senate of Iraq

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