Iraq:
Rulers of Iraq

(1958 - Present)

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Presidents

Abdul Karim Kasim (1914-1963)	7/14/1958-2/8/1963
Abd as Salam Mohammed Arif (1920-1966)	2/8/1963-4/13/1966
Abd ar Rahman Arif (b.1916)	4/17/1966-7/17/1968
Ahmed Hassan Al Bakr (1912-1982)	7/17/1968-7/15/1979
Saddam Hussein al Takriti (b. 1937)	7/16/1979-4/9/2003
(Coalition)	April 2003 - June 2004
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer	June 2004 - April 2005
Jalal Talabani	April 2005 - Present

Prime Ministers

Abdul Karim Kasim (1914-1963)	7/14/1958-2/8/1963
Ahmed Hassan el Bakr (1912-1982)	2/8/1963-11/18/1963
Taker Jahja	11/21/1963-5/12/1965
Abdul Rahman Bassas (b. 1913)	7/12/1965-7/6/1966
Naji Tarlep (b. 1917)	8/10/1966-5/7/1967
Taker Jahja (2nd term)	7/10/1967-7/17/1968
Abder Rassik al Naif	7/17/1968-7/31/1968
Saaduun Hammaadi (1931-1991)	3/23/1991-9/13/1991
Hamsa el Zubaidi	9/13/1991-9/6/1993
Ahmed Hussein Khudaijir	9/6/1993-5/29/1994
Saddam Hussein al Takriti (b. 1937)	7/16/1979-4/9/2003
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum	July 2003
Ibrahim al-Jafari	August 2003
Ahmed al-Chalabi	September 2003
Ayad Allawi	October 2003
Jalal Talabani	November 2003
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim	December 2003
Adnan al-Pachachi	January 2004
Mohsen Abdel Hamid	February 2004
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum	March 2004
Massoud Barzani	April 2004
Ezzedine Salim	May 2004
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer	May 2004 - June 2004
Ayad Allawi	June 2004 - May 2005
Ibrahim al-Jaafari	May 2005 - May 2006
Nouri al-Maliki	May 2006 - Present