List of presidents of Iraq

This is a list of presidents of Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Republic in 1958.

List of officeholders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
→ • 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, 209 days Military
2 Abdul Salam Arif
عبد السلام عارف
(1921–1966)		 — 8 February 1963 13 April 1966
(died in office)		 3 years, 64 days Military /
Arab Socialist Union
— Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
عبد الرحمن البزاز
(1913–1973)
Acting President		 — 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) •
— Jay Garner
جاي غارنر
(born 1938)
Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq		 — 21 April 2003 12 May 2003 21 days Republican
— Paul Bremer
بول بريمر
(born 1941)
Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq		 — 12 May 2003 28 June 2004 1 year, 47 days Republican
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
— Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
غازي مشعل عجيل الياور
(born 1958)
Interim President		 — 28 June 2004 7 April 2005 283 days The Iraqis
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
(born 1938)		 — 24 July 2014 2 October 2018 4 years, 70 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
8 Barham Salih
بەرهەم ساڵح
(born 1960)		 — 2 October 2018 Incumbent 1 year, 311 days Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Timeline
Barham SalihFuad MasumJalal TalabaniSaddam HusseinAhmed Hassan al-BakrAbdul Rahman ArifAbdul Salam ArifMuhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
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