List of prime ministers of Iraq

This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head of State (Reign / Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
• Kingdom of Iraq (under the British Mandate) (1920–1932) •
1		Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani عبد الرحمن الكيلاني (1841–1927)	11 November 1920	20 November 1922	2 years, 9 days	Independent	Faisal I (1921–1933)
2		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	20 November 1922	22 November 1923	1 year, 2 days	Military
3		Jafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1887–1936)	22 November 1923	2 August 1924	254 days	Military
4		Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937)	2 August 1924	26 June 1925	328 days	Military / People's Party
(2)		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	26 June 1925	21 November 1926	1 year, 148 days	Military / Progressive Party
(3)		Jafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1887–1936)	21 November 1926	11 January 1928	1 year, 51 days	Military / Covenant Party
(2)		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	11 January 1928	28 April 1929	1 year, 107 days	Military / Progressive Party
5		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	28 April 1929	19 September 1929	144 days	Independent
(2)		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	19 September 1929	13 November 1929 (died in office)	55 days	Military / Progressive Party
6		Naji al-Suwaydi ناجي السويدي (1882–1942)	18 November 1929	23 March 1930	−9 years, 240 days	Independent
7		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	23 March 1930	3 November 1932	2 years, 225 days	Military / Covenant Party
• Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958) •
8		Naji Shawkat ناجي شوكت (1893–1980)	3 November 1932	20 March 1933	137 days	Independent	Faisal I (1921–1933)
9		Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	20 March 1933	9 November 1933	234 days	Party of National Brotherhood
							Ghazi I (1933–1939)
10		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	9 November 1933	27 August 1934	291 days	Military
11		Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	27 August 1934	4 March 1935	189 days	Military
(10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	4 March 1935	17 March 1935	13 days	Military
(4)		Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937)	17 March 1935	30 October 1936	1 year, 227 days	Military / Party of National Brotherhood
12		Hikmat Sulayman حكمت سليمان (1889–1964)	30 October 1936	17 August 1937	291 days	Party of National Brotherhood
(10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	17 August 1937	25 December 1938	1 year, 130 days	Military
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	25 December 1938	31 March 1940	1 year, 97 days	Military / Covenant Party
							Faisal II (1939–1958)
(9)		Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	31 March 1940	3 February 1941	309 days	Party of National Brotherhood
13		Taha al-Hashimi طه الهاشمي (1888–1961)	3 February 1941	13 April 1941 (deposed)	69 days	Military
(9)		Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	13 April 1941	30 May 1941 (deposed)	47 days	Party of National Brotherhood
(10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	4 June 1941	10 October 1941	128 days	Military
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	10 October 1941	4 June 1944	2 years, 238 days	Military / Covenant Party
14		Hamdi al-Pachachi حمدي الباجه جي (1886–1948)	4 June 1944	23 February 1946	1 year, 264 days	Independent
(5)		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	23 February 1946	1 June 1946	98 days	Liberal Party
15		Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978)	1 June 1946	21 November 1946	173 days	Independent
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	21 November 1946	29 March 1947	128 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
16		Salih Jabr سيد صالح جبر (1896–1957)	29 March 1947	29 January 1948	306 days	Nation's Socialist Party
17		Muhammad as-Sadr سيد محمد الصدر (1882–1956)	29 January 1948	26 June 1948	149 days	Independent
18		Muzahim al-Pachachi مزاجم الباجه جي (1891–1982)	26 June 1948	6 January 1949	194 days	Independent
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	6 January 1949	10 December 1949	338 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
(11)		Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	10 December 1949	5 February 1950	57 days	Military
(5)		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	5 February 1950	15 September 1950	222 days	Independent
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	15 September 1950	12 July 1952	1 year, 301 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
19		Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari مصطفى محمود العمري (1894–1962)	12 July 1952	23 November 1952	134 days	Independent
20		Nureddin Mahmud نور الدين محمود (1899–1981)	23 November 1952	29 January 1953	67 days	Military
(10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	29 January 1953	17 September 1953	231 days	Military
21		Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali محمد فاضل الجمالي (1903–1997)	17 September 1953	29 April 1954	224 days	Independent
(15)		Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978)	29 April 1954	4 August 1954	97 days	Independent
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	4 August 1954	20 June 1957	2 years, 320 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
(11)		Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي Template:Small(1886–1969)	20 June 1957	15 December 1957	178 days	Military / United National Front
22		Abdul-Wahab Mirjan عبد الوهاب مرجان (1909–1964)	15 December 1957	3 March 1958	78 days	Independent
(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	3 March 1958	18 May 1958	76 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
23		Ahmad Mukhtar Baban أحمد مختار بابان (1900–1976)	18 May 1958	14 July 1958 (deposed)	57 days	Independent
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) •
24		Abd al-Karim Qasim عبد الكريم قاسم (1914–1963)	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)	4 years, 209 days	Military	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1958–1963)
25		Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982)	8 February 1963	18 November 1963 (deposed)	283 days	Military / Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966)
26		Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986)	20 November 1963	6 September 1965	1 year, 290 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
27		Arif Abd ar-Razzaq عارف عبد الرزاق (1921–2007)	6 September 1965	21 September 1965	15 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
28		Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973)	21 September 1965	9 August 1966	322 days	Arab Socialist Union
29		Naji Talib ناجي طالب (1917–2012)	9 August 1966	10 May 1967	274 days	Military	Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968)
30		Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007)	10 May 1967	10 July 1967	61 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
(26)		Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986)	10 July 1967	17 July 1968 (deposed)	1 year, 7 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) •
31		Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif عبد الرزاق النايف (1933–1978)	17 July 1968	30 July 1968	13 days	Military	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979)
(25)		Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982)	31 July 1968	16 July 1979	10 years, 350 days	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
32		Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006)	16 July 1979	23 March 1991	11 years, 250 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	Saddam Hussein (1979–2003)
33		Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007)	23 March 1991	13 September 1991	174 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
34		Mohammad Hamza al-Zubaidi محمد حمزة الزبيدي (1939–2005)	16 September 1991	5 September 1993	1 year, 354 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
35		Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي (born 1941)	5 September 1993	29 May 1994	266 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
(32)		Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006)	29 May 1994	9 April 2003 (deposed)	8 years, 315 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
—		Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) Acting Prime Minister	13 July 2003	31 July 2003	18 days	Independent	Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
36		Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947)	1 August 2003	31 August 2003	30 days	Islamic Dawa Party
37		Ahmed al-Chalabi أحمد جلبي (1944–2015)	1 September 2003	30 September 2003	29 days	Iraqi National Congress
38		Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (born 1944)	1 October 2003	31 October 2003	30 days	Iraqi National Accord
39		Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني (1933–2017)	1 November 2003	30 November 2003	29 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
40		Abdul Aziz al-Hakim عبد العزيز الحكيم (1950–2009)	1 December 2003	31 December 2003	30 days	Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
41		Adnan al-Pachachi عدنان بجاجي (1923–2019)	1 January 2004	31 January 2004	30 days	Assembly of Independent Democrats
42		Mohsen Abdel Hamid محسن عبد الحميد (born 1937)	1 February 2004	29 February 2004	28 days	Iraqi Islamic Party
43		Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015)	1 March 2004	31 March 2004	30 days	Independent
44		Massoud Barzani مسعود برزاني (born 1946)	1 April 2004	30 April 2004	29 days	Kurdistan Democratic Party
45		Ezzedine Salim عز الدين سليم (1943–2004)	1 May 2004	17 May 2004 (died in office)	16 days	Islamic Dawa Party
46		Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (born 1958)	17 May 2004	1 June 2004	15 days	Independent
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
(38)		Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (born 1944)	1 June 2004	3 May 2005	336 days	Iraqi National Accord	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005)
(36)		Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947)	3 May 2005	20 May 2006	1 year, 17 days	Islamic Dawa Party	Jalal Talabani (2005–2014)
47		Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي (born 1950)	20 May 2006	8 September 2014	8 years, 111 days	Islamic Dawa Party
							Fuad Masum (2014–2018)
48		Haider al-Abadi حيدر العبادي (born 1952)	8 September 2014	25 October 2018	4 years, 47 days	Victory Alliance
							Barham Salih (2018–present)
49		Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي (born 1942)	25 October 2018	7 May 2020[1]	1 year, 195 days	Independent
50		Mustafa Al-Kadhimi مصطفي الکاظمي (born 1967)	7 May 2020	Incumbent	99 days	Independent

See also

• List of kings of Iraq
• President of Iraq
  • List of presidents of Iraq
• Vice President of Iraq
• Prime Minister of Iraq

References

1. https://www.pmo.iq/pme/press2019en/16-12-201901en.htm