List of Prime Ministers of Iraq

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Iraq since 1920.

List

Name		Portrait	Born-Died	Entered office	Left office	Political party	Head of State
British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920-1932)
1	Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani		1841–1927	11 November 1920	20 November 1922	Independent	Faisal I
2	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (1st time)		1879–1929	20 November 1922	22 November 1923	Military
3	Jafar al-Askari (1st time)		1887–1936	22 November 1923	2 August 1924	Military
4	Yasin al-Hashimi (1st time)		1894–1937	2 August 1924	26 June 1925	Military / People's Party
5	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (2nd time)		1879–1929	26 June 1925	21 November 1926	Military / Progressive Party
6	Jafar al-Askari (2nd time)		1887–1936	21 November 1926	11 January 1928	Military / Covenant Party
7	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (3rd time)		1879–1929	11 January 1928	28 April 1929	Military / Progressive Party
8	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (1st time)		1892–1968	28 April 1929	19 September 1929	Independent
9	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (4th time)		1879–1929	19 September 1929	13 November 1929	Military / Progressive Party
10	Naji al-Suwaidi		1882–1942	18 November 1929	23 March 1930	Independent
11	Nuri as-Said (1st time)		1888–1958	23 March 1930	3 November 1932	Military / Covenant Party
Kingdom of Iraq (1932-1958)
12	Naji Shawkat		1893–1980	3 November 1932	20 March 1933	Independent	Ghazi
13	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1st time)		1892–1965	20 March 1933	9 November 1933	Party of National Brotherhood
14	Jamil al-Midfai (1st time)		1890–1958	9 November 1933	27 August 1934	Military
15	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (1st time)		1886–1969	27 August 1934	4 March 1935	Military
16	Jamil al-Midfai (2nd time)		1890–1958	4 March 1935	17 March 1935	Military
17	Yasin al-Hashimi (2nd time)		1894–1937	17 March 1935	30 October 1936	Military / Party of National Brotherhood
18	Hikmat Sulayman		1889–1964	30 October 1936	17 August 1937	Party of National Brotherhood
19	Jamil al-Midfai (3rd time)		1890–1958	17 August 1937	25 December 1938	Military
20	Nuri as-Said (2nd time)		1888–1958	25 December 1938	31 March 1940	Military / Covenant Party
21	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (2nd time)		1892–1965	31 March 1940	3 February 1941	Party of National Brotherhood	Faisal II
22	Taha al-Hashimi		1888–1961	3 February 1941	13 April 1941	Military
23	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (3rd time)		1892–1965	13 April 1941	30 May 1941	Party of National Brotherhood
24	Jamil al-Midfai (4th time)		1890–1958	4 June 1941	10 October 1941	Military
25	Nuri as-Said (3rd time)		1888–1958	10 October 1941	4 June 1944	Military / Covenant Party
26	Hamdi al-Pachachi		1886–1948	4 June 1944	23 February 1946	Independent
27	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (2nd time)		1892–1968	23 February 1946	1 June 1946	Liberal Party
28	Arshad al-Umari (1st time)		1888–1978	1 June 1946	21 November 1946	Independent
29	Nuri as-Said (4th time)		1888–1958	21 November 1946	29 March 1947	Military / Constitutional Union Party
30	Sayyid Salih Jabr		1860–1949	29 March 1947	29 January 1948	Nation's Socialist Party
31	Sayyid Muhammad as-Sadr		1900–2000	29 January 1948	26 June 1948	Independent
32	Muzahim al-Pachachi		1890–1982	26 June 1948	6 January 1949	Independent
33	Nuri as-Said (5th time)		1888–1958	6 January 1949	10 December 1949	Military / Constitutional Union Party
34	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (2nd time)		1886–1969	10 December 1949	5 February 1950	Military
35	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (3rd time)		1892–1968	5 February 1950	15 September 1950	Independent
36	Nuri as-Said (6th time)		1888–1958	15 September 1950	12 July 1952	Military / Constitutional Union Party
37	Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari		1898–1979	12 July 1952	23 November 1952	Independent
38	Nureddin Mahmud		1901–1978	23 November 1952	29 January 1953	Military
39	Jamil al-Midfai (5th time)		1890–1958	29 January 1953	17 September 1953	Military
40	Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali		1903–1997	17 September 1953	29 April 1954	Independent
41	Arshad al-Umari (2nd time)		1888–1978	29 April 1954	4 August 1954	Independent
42	Nuri as-Said (7th time)		1888–1958	4 August 1954	20 June 1957	Military / Constitutional Union Party
43	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (3rd time)		1886–1969	20 June 1957	15 December 1957	Military / United National Front
44	Abdul-Wahab Mirjan		1909–1964	15 December 1957	3 March 1958	Independent
45	Nuri as-Said (8th time)		1888–1958	3 March 1958	18 May 1958	Military / Constitutional Union Party
46	Ahmad Mukhtar Baban		1900–1976	18 May 1958	14 July 1958	Independent
Republic of Iraq (1958-2003)
47	Abd al-Karim Qasim		1914–1963	14 July 1958	8 February 1963	Military	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
48	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1st time)		1914–1982	8 February 1963	18 November 1963	Military / Ba'ath Party	Abdul Salam Arif
49	Tahir Yahya (1st time)		1915–1986	20 November 1963	6 September 1965	Military / Arab Socialist Union
50	Arif Abd ar-Razzaq		1921–2007	6 September 1965	21 September 1965	Military / Arab Socialist Union
51	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz		1913–1973	21 September 1965	9 August 1966	Independent
52	Naji Talib		1917–2012	9 August 1966	10 May 1967	Independent	Abdul Rahman Arif
53	Abdul Rahman Arif		1916–2007	10 May 1967	10 July 1967	Military / Arab Socialist Union
54	Tahir Yahya (2nd time)		1915–1986	10 July 1967	17 July 1968	Military / Arab Socialist Union
55	Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif		1933–1978	17 July 1968	30 July 1968	Military	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
56	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (2nd time)		1914–1982	31 July 1968	16 July 1979	Military / Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
57	Saddam Hussein (1st time)		1937–2006	16 July 1979	23 March 1991	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front	Saddam Hussein
58	Sa'dun Hammadi		1930–2007	23 March 1991	13 September 1991	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
59	Muhammad Hamzah az-Zubaydi		1938–2005	16 September 1991	5 September 1993	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
60	Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai		1941–	5 September 1993	29 May 1994	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
61	Saddam Hussein (2nd time)		1937–2006	29 May 1994	9 April 2003	Ba'ath Party / National Progressive Front
Iraqi Governing Council (2003-2004)
62	Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (1st time, acting)		1923–	13 July 2003	31 July 2003	Independent	Coalition Provisional Authority
63	Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1st time)		1947–	1 August 2003	31 August 2003	Islamic Dawa Party
64	Ahmed Chalabi		1944–	1 September 2003	30 September 2003	Iraqi National Congress
65	Ayad Allawi (1st time)		1945–	1 October 2003	31 October 2003	Iraqi National Accord
66	Jalal Talabani		1933–	1 November 2003	30 November 2003	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
67	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim		1950–2009	1 December 2003	31 December 2003	Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution
68	Adnan Pachachi		1923–	1 January 2004	31 January 2004	Assembly of Independent Democrats
69	Mohsen Abdel Hamid		1937–	1 February 2004	29 February 2004	Iraqi Islamic Party
70	Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (2nd time)		1923–	1 March 2004	31 March 2004	Independent
71	Massoud Barzani		1946–	1 April 2004	30 April 2004	Kurdistan Democratic Party
72	Ezzedine Salim		1943–2004	1 May 2004	17 May 2004	Islamic Dawa Party
73	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer		1958–	17 May 2004	28 May 2004	The Iraqis
Republic of Iraq (2004-Present)
74	Ayad Allawi (2nd time)		1945–	28 May 2004	7 April 2005	Iraqi National Accord	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
75	Ibrahim al-Jaafari (2nd time)		1947–	7 April 2005	20 May 2006	Islamic Dawa Party	Jalal Talabani
76	Nouri al-Maliki		1950–	20 May 2006	Incumbent	Islamic Dawa Party

See also

• Prime Minister of Iraq
• List of Kings of Iraq
• List of Presidents of Iraq