Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq | |
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وزارة الخارجية العراقية | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | President of the Republic Prime Minister |
Seat | Green Zone |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Council of Representatives |
Term length | Four-year term, renewable |
Formation | 1924 |
Website | https://mofa.gov.iq/ |
Member State of the Arab League |
Constitution |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq is a cabinet ministry of Iraq, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
Iraq maintains 86 Diplomatic missions worldwide.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Iraq since 1924: [1]
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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Hoshyar Zebari | 1 September 2003 | 11 July 2014 | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Coalition Provisional Authority, Ayad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Nouri al-Maliki | |||
Hussain al-Shahristani (interim) | 11 July 2014 | 8 September 2014 | State of Law Coalition | Nouri al-Maliki | |||
Ibrahim al-Jaafari | 8 September 2014 | 25 October 2018 | State of Law Coalition | Haider al-Abadi | |||
Mohamed Ali Alhakim | 25 October 2018 | 12 May 2020 | Independent | Adil Abdul-Mahdi | |||
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (interim) | 12 May 2020 | 6 June 2020 | Independent | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi | |||
Fuad Hussein | 6 June 2020 | Incumbent | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
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