List of Presidents of Iraq

This is a list of Presidents of Iraq since 1958.

List

№	Name	Picture	Birth–Death	Took office	Left office	Political Party
• Iraqi Republic (Pre-Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) •
1	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي		1904–1965	14 July 1958	8 February 1963[1]	Military
2	Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف		1921–1966	8 February 1963	13 April 1966[2]	Military / Arab Socialist Union
—	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز Acting President		1913–1973	13 April 1966	16 April 1966	Arab Socialist Union
3	Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف		1916–2007	16 April 1966	17 July 1968[3]	Military / Arab Socialist Union
• Iraqi Republic (Under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) •
4	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر		1914–1982	17 July 1968	16 July 1979	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
5	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين		1937–2006	16 July 1979	9 April 2003[4]	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
—	Coalition Provisional Authority (Leader: Jay Garner, then later Paul Bremer)		—	21 April 2003	28 August 2004	—
• Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
—	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور Acting President		1958–	28 June 2004	7 April 2005	The Iraqis
6	Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني		1933–	7 April 2005	24 July 2014	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7	Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم		1938–	24 July 2014	Incumbent	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Footnotes

1. Deposed in the Ramadan Revolution.
2. Died in office.
3. Deposed in the 17 July Revolution.
4. Deposed in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

See also

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