List of Prime Ministers of Iraq List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. It was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country's active executive authority. From 1920 to 1958 the Prime Minister was appointed by the King of Iraq, and usually held office for a single year before being replaced. After the republican revolution of 1958, the PM became apppointed by the President of Iraq and served much longer terms, although in many circumstances the President held both the PM's office and Presidency simulatinously. Royal Prime Ministers 1920 - 1922 Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al-Kaylani 1922 - 1923 Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (1st time) 1923 - 1924 Jafar al-Askari (1st time) 1924 - 1925 Yasin al-Hashimi (1st time) 1925 - 1926 Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (2nd time) 1926 - 1928 Jafar al-Askari (2nd time) 1928 - 1929 Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (3rd time) 1929 - 1929 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (1st time) 1929 - 1929 Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (4th time) 1929 - 1930 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (2nd time) 1930 - 1932 Nuri as-Said (1st time) 1932 - 1933 Naji Shawkat 1933 - 1933 Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (1st time) 1933 - 1934 Jamil al-Midfai (1st time) 1934 - 1935 Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (1st time) 1935 - 1935 Jamil al-Midfai (2nd time) 1935 - 1936 Yasin al-Hashimi (2nd time) 1936 - 1937 Hikmat Sulayman 1937 - 1938 Jamil al-Midfai (3rd time) 1938 - 1940 Nuri as-Said (2nd time) 1940 - 1941 Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (2nd time) 1941 - 1941 Taha al-Hashimi 1941 - 1941 Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (3rd time) 1941 - 1941 Jamil al-Midfai (4th time) 1941 - 1944 Nuri as-Said (3rd time) 1944 - 1946 Hamdi al-Bajaji 1946 - 1946 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (3rd time) 1946 - 1946 Arshad al-Umari (1st time) 1946 - 1947 Nuri as-Said (4th time) 1947 - 1948 Sayyid Salih Jabr 1948 - 1948 Sayyid Muhammad as-Sadr 1948 - 1949 Muzahim al-Bajaji 1949 - 1949 Nuri as-Said (5th time) 1949 - 1950 Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (2nd time) 1950 - 1950 Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (4th time) 1950 - 1952 Nuri as-Said (6th time) 1952 - 1952 Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari 1952 - 1953 Nureddin Mahmud 1953 - 1953 Jamil al-Midfai (5th time) 1953 - 1954 Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali 1954 - 1954 Arshad al-Umari (2nd time) 1954 - 1957 Nuri as-Said (7th time) 1957 - 1957 Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (3rd time) 1957 - 1958 Abd al-Wahhab Marjan 1958 Nuri as-Said (8th time) Republican Prime Ministers 1958 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban 1958 - 1963 Abdul Karim Kassem 1963 Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr 1963 - 1965) Tahir Yahya 1965 Arif' Abd ar-Razzaq 1965-1966 Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz 1966-1967 Naji Talib 1967 Abd ar-Rahman 'Arif (also President) 1967 - 1968 Tahir Yahya 1968 Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif (1968-1979) Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr (also President) (1979-1991) Saddam Hussein (also President) 1st time (1991) Sa'dun Hammadi (1991-1993) Muhammad Hamzah az-Zubaydi (1993-1994) Ahmad Hussein Khudayir as-Samarrai (1994-2003) Saddam Hussein (also President) 2nd time Post Saddam Prime Ministers (2003- June 1, 2004) vacant, under Iraq interim governing council (June 1, 2004 - ) Iyad Allawi When the decades-long rule of President Saddam Hussein was ended in the 2003 Iraq War, the American occupational authority created an Iraq interim governing council to assist in matters of goverance until soverignity to Iraq was fully restored. On May 28, 2004 the Iraqi Council named council member Iyad Allawi to assume the post of prime minister in an interim capacity. The council dissolved on June 1, and Allawi assumed office. See also: Politics of Iraq, President of Iraq, list of Kings of Iraq, lists of incumbents Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html for use of this content. To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Iraq