This is a list of presidents of Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Republic in 1958.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • → | |||||||
1 | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي (1904–1965) | — | 14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 (deposed) [1] | 4 years, 209 days | Military | |
2 | Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف (1921–1966) | — | 8 February 1963 | 13 April 1966 (died in office) [2] | 3 years, 64 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | |
— | Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973) Acting President | — | 13 April 1966 | 16 April 1966 | 3 days | Arab Socialist Union | |
3 | Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007) | — | 16 April 1966 | 17 July 1968 (deposed) [3] | 2 years, 92 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | |
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • → | |||||||
4 | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) | — | 17 July 1968 | 16 July 1979 (resigned) [4] | 10 years, 364 days | Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |
5 | Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) | 1995 2002 | 16 July 1979 | 9 April 2003 (deposed) [5] | 23 years, 267 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • | |||||||
— | 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 بول بريمر (born 1941) Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq | — | 12 May 2003 | 28 June 2004 | 1 year, 47 days | Republican | |
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • → | |||||||
— | 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 | 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 فؤاد معصوم فواد مەعسووم (born 1938) | 2014 | 24 July 2014 | 2 October 2018 | 4 years, 70 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | |
8 | 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 لطيف رشيد لەتیف ڕەشید (born 1944) | 2022 | 17 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 50 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
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