Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Department overview
Formed	February 22, 2004 (As modern department)
Jurisdiction	Iraq
Headquarters	Baghdad
Minister responsible	Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Website	www.mofa.gov.iq

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Iraq government agency responsible for Foreign relations of Iraq with the International community.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Name		Picture	Term of Office		Political party and position	Other Ministerial Offices	Prime Minister
British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920-1932)
	Yasin al-Hashimi		24 November 1924	26 July 1925	Party of National Brotherhood	Prime Minister		Yasin al-Hashimi
	Abdul Mhsen al-Sadoon		24 November 1924	26 July 1925	Independent			Yasin al-Hashimi
	Jafar al-Askari		21 November 1926	18 January 1928	Military / Covenant Party
	Naji al-Suwaidi		18 November 1928	13 March 1930	Independent
	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi		21 April 1929	23 March 1931	Independent
	Nuri as-Said		23 March 1930	10 October 1930	Independent
	Abdullah Beg al-Damluji		18 October 1930	19 October 1931	Independent
	Jafar al-Askari		19 October 1931	3 October 1932	Military / Covenant Party
Kingdom of Iraq (1932-1958)
	Abdul Qader Rashed		3 October 1932	18 March 1933	Independent
	Naji al-Asil		29 October 1936	17 August 1937	Independent
	Naji al-Asil		25 April 1939	22 February 1940	Independent
	Ali Jawdat al-Ayubi		25 April 1939	22 February 1940	Independent
	Naji al-Suwaidi		15 January 1941	25 January 1941	Independent			Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
	Musa al-Shabnder		29 January 1941	1 February 1941	Independent			Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
	Taha al-Hashimi		1 February 1941	4 February 1941	Military			Taha al-Hashimi
	Abdullah Beg al-Damluji		9 February 1942	31 May 1942	Independent
	Abdullah Hafudh		8 October 1942	23 July 1943	Independent
	Nasra al-Farisi		23 July 1943	27 September 1943	Independent
	Tahsin al-Askri		27 September 1943	25 December 1943	Independent
	Mahmud Subhi al-Daftry		25 December 1943	3 July 1944	Independent
	Arshad al-Omari		3 July 1944	25 August 1945	Independent
	Hamdi al-Bachachi		26 August 1945	22 February 1946	Independent
	Nasra al-Farisi		28 March 1948	26 July 1948	Independent
	Nasra al-Farisi		28 March 1948	26 July 1948	Independent
	Hamdi al-Bachachi		29 January 1948	27 March 1948	Independent
	Ali Mumtaz al-Daftry		21 May 1946	30 May 1946	Independent
	Ali Mumtaz al-Daftry		20 July 1957	13 December 1957	Independent
	Mohammed Fadhel al-Jamali		1 July 1946	27 January 1948	Independent
	Muzahim al-Pachachi		26 July 1948	6 October 1948	Independent
	Abdullah Hafudh		6 January 1949	17 March 1949	Independent
	Shaker al-Wadi		18 August 1949	4 November 1949	Independent
	Muzahim al-Pachachi		10 December 1949	5 February 1950	Independent
	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi		5 February 1950	15 July 1950	Independent
	Shaker al-Wadi		15 July 1951	9 July 1952	Military/Constitutional Union Party			Nuri as-Said
	Abdullah Baker		17 September 1953	8 March 1954	Independent			Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
	Musa al-Shabnder		3 September 1954	7 May 1955	Independent			Nuri as-Said
	Burhan Alden Aaian		7 July 1955	20 June 1957	Independent			Nuri as-Said
	Ali Jawdat al-Ayubi		20 July 1957	15 December 1957	Independent
	Naji al-Asil		20 July 1957	15 December 1957	Independent			Nuri as-Said
	Burhan Alden Aaian		16 December 1957	3 March 1958	Independent			Ahmad Mukhtar Baban
	Mohammed Fadhel al-Jamali		2 March 1958	19 May 1958	Independent
	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi		19 May 1958	14 July 1958 (deposed)	Independent
Republic of Iraq (1958-2003)
	Abdul Jabbar al-Jumarad		14 July 1958	7 February 1959	Independent			Abd al-Karim Qasim
	Hashim Jwad		7 February 1959	7 February 1963 (deposed)	Independent			Abd al-Karim Qasim
	Taleb Shibib		8 February 1963	17 November 1963	Ba'ath Party			Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
	Subhi Abdul Hamed		18 November 1963	14 November 1964	Military/Independent			Tahir Yahya
	Naji Talib		14 November 1964	6 September 1965	Military / Independent			Tahir Yahya
	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz		6 September 1965	9 August 1966	Arab Socialist Union			Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
	Adnan Pachachi		18 April 1966	10 July 1967	Arab Socialist Union			Abdul Rahman Arif
	Ismail Kher Allah		11 July 1967	16 July 1968 (deposed)	Arab Socialist Union			Tahir Yahya
	Nasir al-Hani		18 July 1968	30 July 1968	Military/Independent			Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif
	Abdul Karim Sheikhli		31 July 1968	29 September 1971	Ba'ath Party			Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
	Murtadha Saeed		31 October 1971	23 June 1974	Ba'ath Party			Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
	Shathel Taqa		24 June 1974	20 October 1974	Ba'ath Party			Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
	Sa'dun Hammadi		11 November 1974	24 January 1983	Ba'ath Party			Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
	Tariq Aziz		24 January 1983	22 March 1991	Ba'ath Party	Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council		Saddam Hussein
	Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf		1992[1]	April 2001[1]	Ba'ath Party			Saddam Hussein
	Naji Sabri		2001	9 April 2003 (deposed)	Ba'ath Party			Saddam Hussein
Republic of Iraq (2003–Present)
	Hoshyar Zebari		13 July 2003	11 July 2014	Kurdistan Democratic Party			Nouri al-Maliki
	Hussain al-Shahristani		11 July 2014	8 September 2014	State of Law Coalition			Nouri al-Maliki
	Ibrahim al-Jaafari		8 September 2014	incumbent	National Iraqi Alliance			Haider al-Abadi

References

1. "Profile: Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf". BBC News. 2003-06-27. Retrieved 2008-03-19.

External links

• Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website