List of prime ministers of Iraq
This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.
List of officeholders
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Head of State (Reign / Term) | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani عبد الرحمن الكيلاني (1841–1927) |
11 November 1920 | 20 November 1922 | 2 years,
9 days |
Independent | Faisal I (1921–1933) | ||
2 | Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
20 November 1922 | 22 November 1923 | 1 year,
2 days |
Military | |||
3 | Jafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1887–1936) |
22 November 1923 | 2 August 1924 | 254 days | Military | |||
4 | Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937) |
2 August 1924 | 26 June 1925 | 328 days | Military / People's Party | |||
(2) | Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
26 June 1925 | 21 November 1926 | 1 year,
147 days |
Military / Progressive Party | |||
(3) | Jafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1887–1936) |
21 November 1926 | 11 January 1928 | 1 year,
51 days |
Military / Covenant Party | |||
(2) | Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
11 January 1928 | 28 April 1929 | 1 year,
108 days |
Military / Progressive Party | |||
5 | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) |
28 April 1929 | 19 September 1929 | 144 days | Independent | |||
(2) | Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
19 September 1929 | 13 November 1929 (died in office) |
55 days | Military / Progressive Party | |||
6 | Naji al-Suwaydi ناجي السويدي (1882–1942) |
18 November 1929 | 23 March 1930 | 125 days | Independent | |||
7 | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
23 March 1930 | 3 November 1932 | 2 years,
224 days |
Military / Covenant Party | |||
8 | Naji Shawkat ناجي شوكت (1893–1980) |
3 November 1932 | 20 March 1933 | 137 days | Independent | Faisal I (1921–1933) | ||
9 | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) |
20 March 1933 | 9 November 1933 | 234 days | Party of National Brotherhood | |||
Ghazi I (1933–1939) | ||||||||
10 | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) (1st time) |
9 November 1933 | 27 August 1934 | 291 days | Military | |||
11 | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) (1st time) |
27 August 1934 | 4 March 1935 | 189 days | Military | |||
(10) | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
4 March 1935 | 17 March 1935 | 13 days | Military | |||
(4) | Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937) |
17 March 1935 | 30 October 1936 | 1 year,
226 days |
Military / Party of National Brotherhood | |||
12 | Hikmat Sulayman حكمت سليمان (1889–1964) |
30 October 1936 | 17 August 1937 | 291 days | Party of National Brotherhood | |||
(10) | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
17 August 1937 | 25 December 1938 | 1 year,
129 days |
Military | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
25 December 1938 | 31 March 1940 | 1 year,
97 days |
Military / Covenant Party | |||
Faisal II (1939–1958) | ||||||||
(9) | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) |
31 March 1940 | 3 February 1941 | 309 days | Party of National Brotherhood | |||
13 | Taha al-Hashimi طه الهاشمي (1888–1961) |
3 February 1941 | 13 April 1941 (deposed) |
69 days | Military | |||
(9) | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) |
13 April 1941 | 30 May 1941 (deposed) |
47 days | Party of National Brotherhood | |||
(10) | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
4 June 1941 | 10 October 1941 | 128 days | Military | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
10 October 1941 | 4 June 1944 | 2 years,
238 days |
Military / Covenant Party | |||
14 | Hamdi al-Pachachi حمدي الباجه جي (1886–1948) |
4 June 1944 | 23 February 1946 | 1 year,
262 days |
Independent | |||
(5) | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) |
23 February 1946 | 1 June 1946 | 98 days | Liberal Party | |||
15 | Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978) |
1 June 1946 | 21 November 1946 | 173 days | Independent | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
21 November 1946 | 29 March 1947 | 128 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
16 | Salih Jabr سيد صالح جبر (1896–1957) |
29 March 1947 | 29 January 1948 | 306 days | Nation's Socialist Party | |||
17 | Muhammad as-Sadr سيد محمد الصدر (1882–1956) |
29 January 1948 | 26 June 1948 | 149 days | Independent | |||
18 | Muzahim al-Pachachi مزاجم الباجه جي (1891–1982) |
26 June 1948 | 6 January 1949 | 194 days | Independent | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
6 January 1949 | 10 December 1949 | 338 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
(11) | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) (2nd time) |
10 December 1949 | 5 February 1950 | 57 days | Military | |||
(5) | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) |
5 February 1950 | 15 September 1950 | 222 days | Independent | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
15 September 1950 | 12 July 1952 | 1 year,
300 days |
Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
19 | Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari مصطفى محمود العمري (1894–1962) |
12 July 1952 | 23 November 1952 | 134 days | Independent | |||
20 | Nureddin Mahmud نور الدين محمود (1899–1981) |
23 November 1952 | 29 January 1953 | 67 days | Military | |||
(10) | Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
29 January 1953 | 17 September 1953 | 231 days | Military | |||
21 | Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali محمد فاضل الجمالي (1903–1997) |
17 September 1953 | 29 April 1954 | 224 days | Independent | |||
(15) | Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978) |
29 April 1954 | 4 August 1954 | 97 days | Independent | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
4 August 1954 | 20 June 1957 | 2 years,
304 days |
Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
(11) | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) |
20 June 1957 | 15 December 1957 | 178 days | Military / United National Front | |||
22 | Abdul-Wahab Mirjan عبد الوهاب مرجان (1909–1964) |
15 December 1957 | 3 March 1958 | 78 days | Independent | |||
(7) | Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
3 March 1958 | 18 May 1958 | 76 days | Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
23 | Ahmad Mukhtar Baban أحمد مختار بابان (1900–1976) |
18 May 1958 | 14 July 1958 (deposed) |
57 days | Independent | |||
24 | Abd al-Karim Qasim عبد الكريم قاسم (1914–1963) |
14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 (deposed) |
4 years,
207 days |
Military | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1958–1963) | ||
25 | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) |
8 February 1963 | 18 November 1963 (deposed) |
283 days | Military / Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) |
Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966) | ||
26 | Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986) |
20 November 1963 | 6 September 1965 | 1 year,
290 days |
Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
27 | Arif Abd ar-Razzaq عارف عبد الرزاق (1921–2007) |
6 September 1965 | 21 September 1965 | 15 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
28 | Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973) |
21 September 1965 | 9 August 1966 | 322 days | Arab Socialist Union | |||
29 | Naji Talib ناجي طالب (1917–2012) |
9 August 1966 | 10 May 1967 | 274 days | Military | Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968) | ||
30 | Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007) |
10 May 1967 | 10 July 1967 | 61 days | Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
(26) | Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986) |
10 July 1967 | 17 July 1968 (deposed) |
1 year,
7 days |
Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
31 | Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif عبد الرزاق النايف (1933–1978) |
17 July 1968 | 30 July 1968 | 13 days | Military | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979) | ||
(25) | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) |
31 July 1968 | 16 July 1979 | 10 years,
350 days |
Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |||
32 | Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) |
16 July 1979 | 23 March 1991 | 11 years,
250 days |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) |
Saddam Hussein (1979–2003) | ||
33 | Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007) |
23 March 1991 | 13 September 1991 | 174 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |||
34 | Mohammad Hamza al-Zubaidi محمد حمزة الزبيدي (1939–2005) |
16 September 1991 | 5 September 1993 | 1 year,
354 days |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |||
35 | Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي (1941–) |
5 September 1993 | 29 May 1994 | 266 days | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |||
(32) | Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) |
29 May 1994 | 9 April 2003 (deposed) |
8 years,
315 days |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | |||
— | Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) |
13 July 2003 | 31 July 2003 | 18 days | Independent | Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004) | ||
36 | Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (1947–) |
1 August 2003 | 31 August 2003 | 30 days | Islamic Dawa Party | |||
37 | Ahmed al-Chalabi أحمد جلبي (1944–2015) |
1 September 2003 | 30 September 2003 | 30 days | Iraqi National Congress | |||
38 | Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (1944–) |
1 October 2003 | 31 October 2003 | 31 days | Iraqi National Accord | |||
39 | Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني (1933–2017) |
1 November 2003 | 30 November 2003 | 30 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | |||
40 | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim عبد العزيز الحكيم (1950–2009) |
1 December 2003 | 31 December 2003 | 31 days | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq | |||
41 | Adnan al-Pachachi عدنان بجاجي (1923–2019) |
1 January 2004 | 31 January 2004 | 31 days | Assembly of Independent Democrats | |||
42 | Mohsen Abdel Hamid محسن عبد الحميد (1937–) |
1 February 2004 | 29 February 2004 | 29 days | Iraqi Islamic Party | |||
43 | Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) |
1 March 2004 | 31 March 2004 | 31 days | Independent | |||
44 | Massoud Barzani مسعود برزاني (1946–) |
1 April 2004 | 30 April 2004 | 30 days | Kurdistan Democratic Party | |||
45 | Ezzedine Salim عز الدين سليم (1943–2004) |
1 May 2004 | 17 May 2004 (died in office) |
16 days | Islamic Dawa Party | |||
46 | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (1958–) |
17 May 2004 | 1 June 2004 | 15 days | Independent | |||
(38) | Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (1944–) |
1 June 2004 | 3 May 2005 | 336 days | Iraqi National Accord | Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005) | ||
(36) | Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (1947–) |
3 May 2005 | 20 May 2006 | 1 year,
17 days |
Islamic Dawa Party | Jalal Talabani (2005–2014) | ||
47 | Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي (1950–) |
20 May 2006 | 8 September 2014 | 8 years,
110 days |
Islamic Dawa Party | |||
Fuad Masum (2014–2018) | ||||||||
48 | Haider al-Abadi حيدر العبادي (1952–) |
8 September 2014 | 25 October 2018 | 4 years,
47 days |
Victory Alliance | |||
Barham Salih (2018–present) | ||||||||
49 | Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي (1942–) |
25 October 2018 | 7 May 2020[1] | 1 year, 195 days |
Independent | |||
50 | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi مصطفي الکاظمي (1967–) |
7 May 2020 | present |