This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Election | Political party | Head of State ( Reign / Term) | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
• Kingdom of Iraq (under the British Mandate) (1920–1932) • | ||||||||
Abd al-Rahman al-Gillani عبد الرحمن الكيلاني (1841–1927) |
11 November 1920 | 20 November 1922 | 2 years, 9 days | — | Independent |
Faisal I (1921–1933) | ||
Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
20 November 1922 | 22 November 1923 | 1 year, 2 days | — | Independent | |||
Jaafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936) |
22 November 1923 | 2 August 1924 | 254 days | — | Independent | |||
Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937) |
2 August 1924 | 26 June 1925 | 328 days | — | Independent | |||
Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
26 June 1925 | 21 November 1926 | 1 year, 148 days | 1925 | Progressive Party [a] [1] | |||
Jaafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936) |
21 November 1926 | 11 January 1928 | 1 year, 51 days | — | Independent | |||
Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
11 January 1928 | 28 April 1929 | 1 year, 107 days | 1928 | Independent | |||
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) |
28 April 1929 | 19 September 1929 | 144 days | — | Independent | |||
Abdul-Muhsin al-Sa'doun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929) |
19 September 1929 | 13 November 1929 (died in office) |
55 days | — | Independent | |||
Naji al-Suwaidi ناجي السويدي (1882–1942) |
18 November 1929 | 23 March 1930 | 125 days | — | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
23 March 1930 | 3 November 1932 | 2 years, 225 days | 1930 | Party of the Covenant [b] [1] | |||
• Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958) • | ||||||||
Naji Shawkat ناجي شوكت (1893–1980) |
3 November 1932 | 20 March 1933 | 137 days | — | Independent [c] [1] |
Faisal I (1921–1933) | ||
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) |
20 March 1933 | 9 November 1933 | 234 days | 1933 | Party of National Brotherhood | |||
Ghazi I (1933–1939) | ||||||||
Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
9 November 1933 | 27 August 1934 | 291 days | — | Independent | |||
Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) |
27 August 1934 | 4 March 1935 | 189 days | 1934 | Independent | |||
Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
4 March 1935 | 17 March 1935 | 13 days | — | Independent | |||
Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937) |
17 March 1935 | 30 October 1936 ( deposed) |
1 year, 227 days | 1935 | Independent | |||
Hikmat Sulayman حكمت سليمان (1889–1964) |
30 October 1936 | 17 August 1937 | 291 days | 1936-37 | Military / Independent [d] [2] | |||
Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
17 August 1937 | 25 December 1938 (deposed) [e] [3] |
1 year, 130 days | Dec 1937 | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
25 December 1938 | 31 March 1940 (deposed) [f] [4] |
1 year, 97 days | 1939 | Military / Independent | |||
Faisal II (1939–1958) | ||||||||
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) |
31 March 1940 | 3 February 1941 | 309 days | — | Military / Independent [5] | |||
Taha al-Hashimi طه الهاشمي (1888–1961) |
3 February 1941 | 13 April 1941 ( deposed) [g] [6] |
69 days | — | Military / Independent | |||
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965) |
13 April 1941 | 30 May 1941 ( deposed) |
47 days | — | Military / Independent [7] | |||
Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
4 June 1941 | 10 October 1941 | 128 days | — | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
10 October 1941 | 4 June 1944 | 2 years, 238 days | 1943 | Independent | |||
Hamdi al-Pachachi حمدي الباجه جي (1886–1948) |
4 June 1944 | 23 February 1946 | 1 year, 264 days | — | Independent | |||
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) |
23 February 1946 | 1 June 1946 | 98 days | — | Liberal Party | |||
Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978) |
1 June 1946 | 21 November 1946 | 173 days | — | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
21 November 1946 | 29 March 1947 | 128 days | — |
Military / Independent | |||
Salih Jabr سيد صالح جبر (1896–1957) |
29 March 1947 | 29 January 1948 | 306 days | 1946-47 | Nation's Socialist Party | |||
Muhammad as-Sadr سيد محمد الصدر (1882–1956) |
29 January 1948 | 26 June 1948 | 149 days | — | Independent | |||
Muzahim al-Pachachi مزاحم الباجه جي (1891–1982) |
26 June 1948 | 6 January 1949 | 194 days | 1948 | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
6 January 1949 | 10 December 1949 | 338 days | — |
Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) |
10 December 1949 | 5 February 1950 | 57 days | — | Independent | |||
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968) |
5 February 1950 | 15 September 1950 | 222 days | — | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
15 September 1950 | 12 July 1952 | 1 year, 301 days | — |
Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari مصطفى محمود العمري (1894–1962) |
12 July 1952 | 23 November 1952 | 134 days | — | Independent | |||
Nureddin Mahmud نور الدين محمود (1899–1981) |
23 November 1952 | 29 January 1953 | 67 days | — | Independent | |||
Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958) |
29 January 1953 | 17 September 1953 | 231 days | 1953 | Independent | |||
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali محمد فاضل الجمالي (1903–1997) |
17 September 1953 | 29 April 1954 | 224 days | — | Independent | |||
Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978) |
29 April 1954 | 4 August 1954 | 97 days | Jun 1954 | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
4 August 1954 | 20 June 1957 | 2 years, 320 days | Sep 1954 |
Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969) |
20 June 1957 | 15 December 1957 | 178 days | — |
Military / United National Front | |||
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan عبد الوهاب مرجان (1909–1964) |
15 December 1957 | 3 March 1958 | 78 days | — | Independent | |||
Nuri al-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958) |
3 March 1958 | 18 May 1958 | 76 days | — |
Military / Constitutional Union Party | |||
Ahmad Mukhtar Baban أحمد مختار بابان (1900–1976) |
18 May 1958 | 14 July 1958 ( deposed) |
57 days | 1958 | Independent | |||
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre– Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • → | ||||||||
Abdul-Karim Qasim عبد الكريم قاسم (1914–1963) |
14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 ( deposed) [8] |
4 years, 209 days | — | Military |
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1958–1963) | ||
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) |
8 February 1963 | 18 November 1963 ( deposed) [9] |
283 days | — |
Military / Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) |
Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966) | ||
Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986) |
20 November 1963 | 6 September 1965 | 1 year, 290 days | — |
Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq عارف عبد الرزاق (1921–2007) |
6 September 1965 | 21 September 1965 | 15 days | — |
Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973) |
21 September 1965 | 9 August 1966 | 322 days | — | Arab Socialist Union | |||
Naji Talib ناجي طالب (1917–2012) |
9 August 1966 | 10 May 1967 | 274 days | — | Military |
Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968) | ||
Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007) |
10 May 1967 | 10 July 1967 | 61 days | — |
Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986) |
10 July 1967 | 17 July 1968 ( deposed) [10] |
1 year, 7 days | — |
Military / Arab Socialist Union | |||
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • → | ||||||||
Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif عبد الرزاق النايف (1933–1978) |
17 July 1968 | 30 July 1968 | 13 days | — | Military |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979) | ||
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) |
31 July 1968 | 16 July 1979 (resigned) [11] |
10 years, 350 days | — |
Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) | |||
Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) |
16 July 1979 | 23 March 1991 | 11 years, 250 days |
1980 1984 1989 |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) |
Saddam Hussein (1979–2003) | ||
Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007) |
23 March 1991 | 13 September 1991 [12] | 174 days | — |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) | |||
Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi محمد حمزة الزبيدي (1938–2005) |
16 September 1991 | 5 September 1993 | 1 year, 354 days | — |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) | |||
Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي (born 1941) |
5 September 1993 | 29 May 1994 | 266 days | — |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) | |||
Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) |
29 May 1994 [13] | 9 April 2003 ( deposed) [14] |
8 years, 315 days |
1996 2000 |
Iraqi Ba'ath Party ( Iraq Region) | |||
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • | ||||||||
Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) Acting Prime Minister |
13 July 2003 | 31 July 2003 | 18 days | — | Independent |
Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004) | ||
Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947) |
1 August 2003 | 31 August 2003 | 30 days | Islamic Dawa Party | ||||
Ahmed al-Chalabi أحمد جلبي (1944–2015) |
1 September 2003 | 30 September 2003 | 29 days | Iraqi National Congress | ||||
Ayad Allawi إياد علاوي (born 1944) |
1 October 2003 | 31 October 2003 | 30 days | Iraqi National Accord | ||||
Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني (1933–2017) |
1 November 2003 | 30 November 2003 | 29 days | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | ||||
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim عبد العزيز الحكيم (1952–2009) |
1 December 2003 | 31 December 2003 | 30 days | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq | ||||
Adnan al-Pachachi عدنان بجاجي (1923–2019) |
1 January 2004 | 31 January 2004 | 30 days | Assembly of Independent Democrats | ||||
Mohsen Abdel Hamid محسن عبد الحميد (born 1937) |
1 February 2004 | 29 February 2004 | 28 days | Iraqi Islamic Party | ||||
Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) |
1 March 2004 | 31 March 2004 | 30 days | Independent | ||||
Massoud Barzani مسعود برزاني (born 1946) |
1 April 2004 | 30 April 2004 | 29 days | Kurdistan Democratic Party | ||||
Ezzedine Salim عز الدين سليم (1943–2004) |
1 May 2004 | 17 May 2004 (died in office) |
16 days | Islamic Dawa Party | ||||
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (born 1958) |
17 May 2004 | 1 June 2004 | 15 days | Independent | ||||
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • → | ||||||||
Ayad Allawi إياد علاوي (born 1944) |
1 June 2004 | 3 May 2005 | 336 days | — | Iraqi National Accord |
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005) | ||
Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947) |
3 May 2005 | 20 May 2006 | 1 year, 17 days | Jan 2005 | Islamic Dawa Party |
Jalal Talabani (2005–2014) | ||
Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي (born 1950) |
20 May 2006 | 8 September 2014 | 8 years, 111 days |
Dec 2005 2010 |
Islamic Dawa Party | |||
Fuad Masum (2014–2018) | ||||||||
Haider al-Abadi حيدر العبادي (born 1952) |
8 September 2014 | 25 October 2018 | 4 years, 47 days | 2014 | Victory Alliance | |||
Barham Salih (2018–2022) | ||||||||
Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي (born 1942) |
25 October 2018 | 7 May 2020 | 1 year, 194 days | 2018 | Independent | |||
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi مصطفي الکاظمي (born 1967) |
7 May 2020 | 27 October 2022 | 2 years, 174 days | — | Independent | |||
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani محمد شياع السوداني (born 1970) |
27 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 154 days | 2021 | Islamic Dawa Party |
Abdul Latif Rashid (2022–present) |