Senate of Iraq

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The Senate of Iraq (Majlis al-A`yan) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral parliament established by the Mandatory Iraq's 1925 constitution. There were around twenty Senators, appointed for eight years by the King of Iraq. [1] The Senate remained in existence until the 1958 revolution.

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Presidents of the Senate

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Yusuf al-Suwaydi July 19252 November 1929 [2] [3] [4] [5]
Mohammad Al-Sadr 2 November 1929February 1937 [6] [7] [8] [9]
Muhammed Ridha al-Shabibi 27 February 1937August 1937 [10] [8] [11]
Mohammad Al-Sadr December 1937December 1943 [9] [12]
Jamil Al-Madfai December 1943December 1944 [13] [14]
Salih Bashayan ??
Nuri Al-Said July 194521 November 1946 [15]
Mohammad Al-Sadr June 19481948 [9]
Nuri Al-Said 19486 January 1949 [13]
Jamil Al-Madfai ? - 1952January 1953 [13] [14] [16]
Jamil Al-Madfai September 19531957 - ? [13] [17]
Abdul Hadi Chalabi ? - 195814 July 1958 [18]

Members

Members of the Iraqi Senate included:

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