Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif

Abd ar-Razzaq al-Naif

55th Prime Minister of Iraq 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
In office 17 July 1968 – 30 July 1968
President	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Preceded by	Tahir Yahya
Succeeded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Personal details
Born	1934
Died	10 July 1978
Nationality	Iraqi
Political party	Independent
Occupation	Military officer
Profession	Military officer, civil servant
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abd ar-Razzaq Said al-Naif (Arabic: عبد الرزاق النايف‎) was an Iraqi military officer and general and was briefly Prime Minister of Iraq during 1968 until he was deposed.

General al-Naif was critically injured in an assassination attempt on 9 July 1978 as he left the Intercontinental Hotel in London's Park Lane and died the following day.^[1]

His killer, Salem Ahmed Hassan, was quickly captured. Hassan was later convicted of the shooting at the Old Bailey and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1979.^[1]

General al-Naif was reportedly killed on the orders of Saddam Hussein for his political opposition to the Ba'ath Party.^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by Tahir Yahya	Prime Minister of Iraq 1968	Succeeded by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 1968-1979

Prime Ministers of Iraq (List)

British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920–1932)	al Gillani as-Sa'dun† al-Askari† al-Hashimi† Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Naji al-Suwaydi as-Said†

Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958)	Shawkat al-Gaylani al-Midfai† al-Aiyubi† al-Hashimi† Sulayman as-Said† H. Pachachi Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Arshad al-Umari Jabr as-Sadr Muzahim al-Pachachi Mustafa al-Umari Mahmud† al-Jamali Arshad al-Umari Mirjan Baban

Republic of Iraq (1958–2003)	Qasim† al-Bakr† Yahya† ar-Razzaq† al-Bazzaz† Talib Arif† Yahya† an-Naif† al-Bakr Hussein Hammadi Zubeidi as-Samarrai Hussein

Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004)	al-Ulloum* al-Jaafari Chalabi Allawi Talabani al-Hakim A. Pachachi Hamid al-Ulloum Barzani Salim al-Yawer

Republic of Iraq (since 2004)	Allawi* al-Jaafari al-Maliki al-Abadi

* interim † military

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