Iraq: Rulers of Iraq
(1958 - Present)
Presidents
| Abdul Karim Kasim (1914-1963) | 7/14/1958-2/8/1963 |
| Abd as Salam Mohammed Arif (1920-1966) | 2/8/1963-4/13/1966 |
| Abd ar Rahman Arif (b.1916) | 4/17/1966-7/17/1968 |
| Ahmed Hassan Al Bakr (1912-1982) | 7/17/1968-7/15/1979 |
| Saddam Hussein al Takriti (b. 1937) | 7/16/1979-4/9/2003 |
| (Coalition) | April 2003 - June 2004 |
| Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer | June 2004 - April 2005 |
| Jalal Talabani | April 2005 - Present |
Prime Ministers
| Abdul Karim Kasim (1914-1963) | 7/14/1958-2/8/1963 |
| Ahmed Hassan el Bakr (1912-1982) | 2/8/1963-11/18/1963 |
| Taker Jahja | 11/21/1963-5/12/1965 |
| Abdul Rahman Bassas (b. 1913) | 7/12/1965-7/6/1966 |
| Naji Tarlep (b. 1917) | 8/10/1966-5/7/1967 |
| Taker Jahja (2nd term) | 7/10/1967-7/17/1968 |
| Abder Rassik al Naif | 7/17/1968-7/31/1968 |
| Saaduun Hammaadi (1931-1991) | 3/23/1991-9/13/1991 |
| Hamsa el Zubaidi | 9/13/1991-9/6/1993 |
| Ahmed Hussein Khudaijir | 9/6/1993-5/29/1994 |
| Saddam Hussein al Takriti (b. 1937) | 7/16/1979-4/9/2003 |
| Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum | July 2003 |
| Ibrahim al-Jafari | August 2003 |
| Ahmed al-Chalabi | September 2003 |
| Ayad Allawi | October 2003 |
| Jalal Talabani | November 2003 |
| Abdul Aziz al-Hakim | December 2003 |
| Adnan al-Pachachi | January 2004 |
| Mohsen Abdel Hamid | February 2004 |
| Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum | March 2004 |
| Massoud Barzani | April 2004 |
| Ezzedine Salim | May 2004 |
| Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer | May 2004 - June 2004 |
| Ayad Allawi | June 2004 - May 2005 |
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari | May 2005 - May 2006 |
| Nouri al-Maliki | May 2006 - Present |
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