List of presidents of Iraq

This is a list of presidents of Iraq since 1958.

List

Name		Portrait	Lifespan	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) •
1	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي		1904–1965	—	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)	4 years, 207 days	Military
2	Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف		1921–1966	—	8 February 1963	13 April 1966 (died in office)	3 years, 65 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
—	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز Acting President		1913–1973	—	13 April 1966	16 April 1966	3 days	Arab Socialist Union
3	Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف		1916–2007	—	16 April 1966	17 July 1968 (deposed)	2 years, 92 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) •
4	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر		1914–1982	—	17 July 1968	16 July 1979	10 years, 364 days	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath (Iraq Region)
5	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين		1937–2006	1995 2002	16 July 1979	9 April 2003 (deposed)	23 years, 267 days	Iraqi Ba'ath (Iraq Region)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
—	Coalition Provisional Authority (Leader: Jay Garner, then later Paul Bremer)		—	—	21 April 2003	28 June 2004	434 days	—
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
—	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور Interim President		1958–	—	28 June 2004	7 April 2005	283 days	Independent
6	Jalal Talabani جلال طالباني		1933–2017	—	7 April 2005	24 July 2014	9 years, 108 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7	Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم		1938–	—	24 July 2014	2 October 2018	4 years, 68 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
8	Barham Salih بەرهەم ساڵح		1960–	—	2 October 2018	13 October 2022	4 years, 15 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
9	Latif Rashid لطيف رشيد لەتیف رەشید		1944–	—	17 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 66 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

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