List of presidents of Iraq

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This is a list of presidents of Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Republic in 1958.

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List of officeholders

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectedTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • Emblem of Iraq (1959-1965).svg Coat of arms of Iraq (1965-1991).svg
1 lrby`y.jpg Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
محمد نجيب الربيعي
(1904–1965)
14 July 19588 February 1963
(deposed) [1]
4 years, 209 days Military
2 President Abd al-Salam Arif (3x4 cropped).jpg Abdul Salam Arif
عبد السلام عارف
(1921–1966)
8 February 196313 April 1966
(died in office) [2]
3 years, 64 days Military /
Arab Socialist Union
Abdel-Rahman Al-Bazzaz (3x4 cropped).jpg Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz
عبد الرحمن البزاز
(1913–1973)
Acting President
13 April 196616 April 19663 days Arab Socialist Union
3 Abdel-Rahman Aref (3x4 cropped).jpg Abdul Rahman Arif
عبد الرحمن عارف
(1916–2007)
16 April 196617 July 1968
(deposed) [3]
2 years, 92 days Military /
Arab Socialist Union
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • Coat of arms of Iraq (1965-1991).svg Coat of arms of Iraq (1991-2004).svg
4 Ahmad Hassan el Bakr.jpg Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
أحمد حسن البكر
(1914–1982)
17 July 196816 July 1979
(resigned) [4]
10 years, 364 days Military /
Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
5 Saddam Hussein in 1998.png Saddam Hussein
صدام حسين
(1937–2006)
1995
2002
16 July 19799 April 2003
(deposed) [5]
23 years, 267 days Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • Seal of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq.svg Coat of arms of Iraq (1991-2004).svg
JAY GARNER.JPG Jay Garner
جاي غارنر
(born 1938)
Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq
21 April 200312 May 200321 days Democratic
Paul bremer.jpg Paul Bremer
بول بريمر
(born 1941)
Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq
12 May 200328 June 20041 year, 47 days Republican
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Flag of Iraq.svg Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • Coat of arms of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Coat of arms of Iraq.svg
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer 2004-06-01.jpg Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
غازي مشعل عجيل الياور
(born 1958)
Interim President
2004 28 June 20047 April 2005283 days The Iraqis
6 Meetings of Presidents participated in Nowruz with Ali Khamenei - Tehran, Iran (Cropped on Talabani).jpg Jalal Talabani
جلال طالباني
جەلال تاڵەبانی
(1933–2017)
2005
2006
2010
7 April 200524 July 20149 years, 108 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7 Fuad Masum 2018.jpg Fuad Masum
فؤاد معصوم
فواد مەعسووم
(born 1938)
2014 24 July 20142 October 20184 years, 70 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
8 Barham Salih (cropped).jpg Barham Salih
برهم صالح
بەرهەم ساڵح
(born 1960)
2018 2 October 201817 October 20224 years, 15 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
9 Abdul Latif Rashid in 2023.jpg Abdul Latif Rashid
لطيف رشيد
لەتیف ڕەشید
(born 1944)
2022 17 October 2022Incumbent2 years, 50 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

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Abdul Latif RashidBarham SalihFuad MasumJalal TalabaniGhazi Mashal Ajil al-YawerSaddam HusseinAhmed Hassan al-BakrAbdul Rahman ArifAbd ar-Rahman al-BazzazAbdul Salam ArifMuhammad Najib ar-Ruba'iList of presidents of Iraq

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