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The President of Iraq is Iraq's head of state. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state

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Presidents of the Republic of Iraq (1958-2003)

For most of the country's history, Iraq's presidents have been authoritarian dictators occupying an office without a clearly designed constitutional structure. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Authoritarianism describes a Form of government characterized by an emphasis on the Authority of the State in a republic or union A dictator is an Authoritarian ruler (eg Absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power without hereditary ascension such as an Absolute Such presidents exercised all power single-handedly, operating only with the consultation of a small cabinet. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch.

Name Born-Died Took Office Left Office Political Party
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i 1904-1983 14 July 1958 8 February 1963 (deposed) Military
Abdul Salam Arif 1921-1966 8 February 1963 13 April 1966 (died in office) Military/Arab Socialist Union
Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz (acting) 1913-1973 13 April 1966 16 April 1966 Military
Abdul Rahman Arif 1916-2007 16 April 1966 17 July 1968 (deposed) Military/Arab Socialist Union
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 1914-1982 17 July 1968 16 July 1979 (resigned) Military/Baath Party
Saddam Hussein 1937-2006 16 July 1979 9 April 2003 (deposed) Baath Party

Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraq Interim Governing Council (2003-2004)

Directors of Coalition Provisional Authority

The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was a caretaker government that held executive, legislative, and judicial power over Iraqi affairs from 2003 to 2004. Muhammad Najib Ar-Ruba'i ( Arabic: محمد نجيب الربيعي (also spelled Al-Rubai (1904-1983? was the President of Iraq (Chairman of Sovereignty Council Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF is the Multi-National Force-Iraq umbrella name for military Paramilitary and civilian law enforcement entities that serve under the Abdul Salam Arif (1921 Baghdad - April 13 1966 ( Arabic: عبد السلام عارف) was president of Iraq from 1963 to 1966 Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF is the Multi-National Force-Iraq umbrella name for military Paramilitary and civilian law enforcement entities that serve under the The Arab Socialist Union (الاتّحاد الاشتراكى العربى al-Ittiḥād al-Ištirākī 'l-ʿArabī; French: L'Union Socialiste Arabe) Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913 - 1973 ( Arabic: عبد الرحمن البزاز `Abd ar-Raḥman al-Bazāz) was an Iraqi administrator, dean Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF is the Multi-National Force-Iraq umbrella name for military Paramilitary and civilian law enforcement entities that serve under the Hajj Abdul Rahman Arif ( Arabic عبد الرحمن عارف) (1916 &ndash August 24, 2007) was President of Iraq Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF is the Multi-National Force-Iraq umbrella name for military Paramilitary and civilian law enforcement entities that serve under the The Arab Socialist Union (الاتّحاد الاشتراكى العربى al-Ittiḥād al-Ištirākī 'l-ʿArabī; French: L'Union Socialiste Arabe) General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ( Arabic أحمد حسن البكر) ( July 1, 1914 – October 4, 1982) was Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Iraqi Security Forces (ISF is the Multi-National Force-Iraq umbrella name for military Paramilitary and civilian law enforcement entities that serve under the The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي was founded in Damascus Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي was founded in Damascus The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA سلطة الائتلاف الموحدة was established as a Transitional government following the The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC was the provisional government of Iraq from July 13, 2003 to June 1, In Politics, a caretaker government rules temporarily A caretaker government is often set up following a War until stable Democratic rule can be restored It grew out of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), which was established by the U.S. government prior to its March 2003 invasion of Iraq. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign

Presidents of Interim Governing Council

Following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein during the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, an interim council ran Iraq under the American-led Coalition Provisional Authority. Lieutenant General Jay Montgomery Garner USA Ret (born April 15 1938 is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was appointed in 2003 as Director of Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30 1941 known as Paul Bremer and also nicknamed Jerry Bremer, is an American Diplomat. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG (born 1944 educated at Harrow and Worcester College, Oxford, was a British Diplomat from 1969-2004 serving Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA سلطة الائتلاف الموحدة was established as a Transitional government following the The council decided to have a 9-member collective presidency, in which formal chairmanship of the group would rotate on a monthly basis.

Name Born-Died Term in Office Ethnic Group
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (1st time, acting) 1923- 13 July - 31 July 2003 Shiite Arab
Ibrahim al-Jaafari 1947- August 2003 Shiite Arab
Ahmed Chalabi 1944- September 2003 Shiite Arab
Iyad Allawi 1945- October 2003 Shiite Arab
Jalal Talabani 1933- November 2003 Kurdish
Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim 1950- December 2003 Shiite Arab
Adnan Pachachi 1923- January 2004 Sunni Arab
Mohsen Abdel Hamid 1937- February 2004 Sunni Arab
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (2nd time) 1923- March 2004 Shiite Arab
Massoud Barzani 1946- April 2004 Kurdish
Ezzedine Salim 1943-2004 1 May - 17 May 2004 Shiite Arab
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer 1958- 17 May - 28 June 2004 Sunni Arab

Presidents of the State of Iraq (2004-Present)

In 2004 the council approved an interim constitution, called the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period. Ayatollah Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (محمد بحر العلوم (born 1923? is a prominent Twelver Shi'a Islamic leader and politician in Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamzah al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari (إبراهيم الأشيقر الجعفري born 1947 is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Ayad Allawi ( إياد علاوي) (born 1945 is an Iraqi politician and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's 2005 legislative The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Jalal Talabani ( Kurdish: جه لال تاله بانی / Celal Talebanî / Jelal Talebaní جلال طالباني) (born November 12, 1933 Sayyed Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (سید عبدالعزيز الحكيم (born 1950 is an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of SIIC, the largest political The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Adnan Pachachi (عدنان الباجه جي (born on May 14 1923 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi politician Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Mohsen Abdel Hamid (محسن عبد الحميد is an Iraqi politician and Islamic scholar who was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council (president February 2004 Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Ayatollah Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum (محمد بحر العلوم (born 1923? is a prominent Twelver Shi'a Islamic leader and politician in The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Masoud Barzani ( Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی Mesûd Barzanî (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Autonomous Kurdish Ezzedine Salim, (عزالدين سليم also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed ( 1943 - 17 May 2004, عبدالزهرة عثمان محمد Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (غازي مشعل عجيل الياور a member of the Shammar tribe (born March 11 1958 in Mosul, Iraq) was a Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period (also called the transitional administrative law or TAL) the Iraqi provisional Following the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi people on June 28, 2004, Iraq's new Head of State is a "President of State", chosen by the elected National Assembly and run the three-person executive Presidency Council. Sovereignty is the exclusive Right to control a Government, a country, a people or oneself Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Council of Representatives of Iraq (مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis al-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy) is the main elected body of representatives in Iraq The State President's powers are limited, with most executive authority belonging to the Prime Minister of Iraq. Office The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's Head of government.

According to the Constitution, the Presidency Council currently functions as the role of the President until one successive term after the Constitution is ratified[1] and a government is seated. The Presidency Council of Iraq, under the Constitution of Iraq and previously under the Transitional Administrative Law, serves collectively as the [2]

Name Born-Died Term start Term end Political Party Ethnic Group
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer 1958- 28 June 2004 6 April 2005 The Iraqis Sunni Arab
Jalal Talabani 1933- 6 April 2005 Present Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdish

See also

References

  1. ^ Constitution of Iraq, Section 6, Chapter 2, Article 134
  2. ^ Constitution of Iraq, Section 6, Chapter 2, Article 139
Office The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's Head of government. After World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the province of Iraq came under the control of the United The current Constitution of Iraq was approved by a referendum that took place on 15 October 2005. The current Constitution of Iraq was approved by a referendum that took place on 15 October 2005.
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