Iraq: Rulers

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Kings

• Faisal I (1921–1933)
• Ghazi I (1933–1939)
• Faisal II (1939–1958)
• Abd al-Ilah, regent (1939–1941, 1941–1953)
• Sharaf ibn Rajih al-Fawwaz, regent (1941)

Chairman of the Sovereignty Council

• Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba`i (1958-1963)

Presidents

• Abd as-Salam `Arif (1963–1966)
• Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz (!966)
• Abd ar-Rahman `Arif (1966–1968)
• Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979)
• Saddam Hussein (1979–2003)
• Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
• Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005)
• Jalal Talabani (2005–2014)
• Fuad Masum (2014–)