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
30px → 30px • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • 20px 20px
1	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي	80px	1904–1965	—	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)	4 years, 207 days	Military
2	Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف	80px	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	80px	1913–1973	—	13 April 1966	16 April 1966	3 days	Arab Socialist Union
3	Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف	80px	1916–2007	—	16 April 1966	17 July 1968 (deposed)	2 years, 92 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
30px → File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • 20px
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	File:Saddam Hussein in 1998.png	1937–2006	1995 2002	16 July 1979	9 April 2003 (deposed)	23 years, 267 days	Iraqi Ba'ath (Iraq Region)
File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg • Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
—	Coalition Provisional Authority (Leader: Jay Garner, then later Paul Bremer)	80px	—	—	21 April 2003	28 June 2004	434 days	—
30px → File:Flag of Iraq.svg • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • 20px
—	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور Interim President	80px	1958–	—	28 June 2004	7 April 2005	283 days	Independent
6	Jalal Talabani جلال طالباني	80px	1933–2017	—	7 April 2005	24 July 2014	9 years, 108 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7	Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم	80px	1938–	—	24 July 2014	2 October 2018	4 years, 68 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
8	Barham Salih بەرهەم ساڵح	80px	1960–	—	2 October 2018	13 October 2022	4 years, 15 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
9	Latif Rashid لطيف رشيد لەتیف رەشید	80px	1944–	—	17 October 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 84 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Timeline

List Of Presidents Of Iraq Media

• President Abd al-Salam Arif (3x4 cropped)

• Abdel-Rahman Al-Bazzaz (3x4 cropped)

• Abdel-Rahman Aref (3x4 cropped).jpg

  Abdel-Rahman Aref (3x4 cropped)

• JAY GARNER (3x4 cropped).JPG

  Jay Garner, director, Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-war Iraq.

• Paul Bremer (3x4 cropped).jpg

  Ambassador Paul Bremer responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon news briefing. Bremer is in Washington making the case for President Bush's $87 billion budget supplemental request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bremer is the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

• Jalal Talabani 2005-09-09.jpg

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (left) responds to a reporter's question during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld following their meeting in the Pentagon on Sept. 9, 2005.