Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
أحمد حسن البكر
	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
1st Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
	In office; 17 July 1968 – 16 July 1979
Deputy	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Saddam Hussein
President of Iraq
	In office; 17 July 1968 – 16 July 1979
Vice President	Saddam Hussein
Preceded by	Abdul Rahman Arif
Succeeded by	Saddam Hussein
Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
	In office; October 1966 – 16 July 1979
National Secretary	Michel Aflaq
Preceded by	Saddam Hussein
Succeeded by	Saddam Hussein
	In office; 11 November 1963 – February 1964
Preceded by	Hamdi Abd al-Majid
Succeeded by	Saddam Hussein
25th Prime Minister of Iraq
	In office; 31 July 1968 – 16 July 1979
President	Himself
Preceded by	Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif
Succeeded by	Saddam Hussein
	In office; 8 February 1963 – 18 November 1963
President	Abdul Salam Arif
Preceded by	Abd al-Karim Qasim
Succeeded by	Tahir Yahya
49th Minister of Defence
	In office; 11 November 1974 – 15 October 1977
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Hammad Shihab (died in office); Abdullah al-Khadduri (acting from July 1973)
Succeeded by	Adnan Khairallah
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
	In office; 11 November 1963 – 16 July 1979
Personal details
Born	1 July 1914; Tikrit, Ottoman Empire
Died	4 October 1982 (aged 68); Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality	Iraqi
Political party	Arab Socialist Ba'ath (1940s–1966); Baghdad-based Ba'ath (1966–1982) (NPF)
Military service
Allegiance	Iraq
Branch/service	Iraqi Army
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Anglo–Iraqi War; Ramadan Revolution; 17 July Revolution

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was the President of Iraq from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979. He was born in Tikrit, Ottoman Iraq on 1 July 1914. He was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party. During his rule Iraq had high economic growth due to high international oil prices. Al Bakr slowing lost power to his cousin Saddam Hussein.