Naji Al-Suwaidi

Naji al-Suwaydi (Arabic: ناجي السويدي) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister from November 1929 to March 1930.

Naji al-Suwaidi
6th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 18 November 1929 – 23 March 1930
Monarch	Faisal I
Preceded by	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Succeeded by	Nuri as-Said
Personal details
Born	1882
Died	1942

Naji al-Suwaydi became prime minister in November 1929, following the suicide of Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun. His short time in the post was marked by street protests agitating for a treaty that would pave the way towards Iraqi independence from the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. That turmoil, combined with attacks from hostile newspapers and undermining from both King Faisal I and Nuri as-Said, led him to resign in March 1930.

Al-Suwaydi presided over the 1937 Bloudan Conference, one of the first pan-Arab conferences held in solidarity with Palestinian Arabs against the Zionist movement.

He served as Minister of Finance in 1930s and between 1940 and 1941.[1]

He was the brother of Tawfiq al-Suwaydi, also a Prime Minister of Iraq.

References

1. Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Beth K. Dougherty

• Charles Tripp (2002). A History of Iraq. Cambridge University Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-521-52900-X.

Political offices
Preceded by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun	Prime Minister of Iraq November 18, 1929— March 23, 1930	Succeeded by Nuri as-Said