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The Senate of Iraq (Majlis al-A`yan ) was the unelected
upper house of the
bicameral parliament established by the
Mandatory Iraq 's 1925
constitution . There were around twenty Senators, appointed for eight years by the
King of Iraq .
[1] The Senate remained in existence until the
1958 revolution .
Presidents of the Senate
Members
Members of the Iraqi Senate included:
Menahem Saleh Daniel . Appointed 1925, representing Iraqi Jews. Remained member until 1932, when he was succeeded by his son.
[19]
[20]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi . Appointed 1925, remained member until 1929.
[21]
Mawlud Mukhlis . Appointed 1925. Appointed vice-president of the Senate in 1936, though resigned in 1937 when he was elected Baghdad deputy to Parliament. He later returned to the Senate.
[22]
Muhammad al-Sadr . Appointed 1925, remaining until his death in 1956. President of the Senate from 1929 until 1944, with the exception of 1937.
[23]
Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas . Appointed 1925, representing the
Chaldean Catholic Church .
[24] Remained member until his death in 1947, when he was succeeded by
Yousef VII Ghanima .
Rustum Haydar , appointed 1931.
[25]
Ezra Menachem Daniel (1874-1952). Appointed member 1932, replacing his father; remained on the Senate until his death in 1952.
[20]
Abdul Hadi Chalabi , appointed 1947.
Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi , appointed 1948–9.
[26]
Tawfiq Wahbi .
[27]
Nureddin Mahmud , member from January 1953 to 1958.
[28]
Sheikh Ahmad A.Yaseen AlAmer, appointed Mayor of Basra and Al Zubair province and Member of Parliament from 1945 - 1950|
[29]
See also
References
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"مجموعة ١٧/ ١٧ "تقارير سنوية لوزارة الخارجية، ١٩٣٢-١٩٣٨، ١٩٤٧. استعراض سنوي للأحداث ١٩٣٩-١٩٤٢. استعراض سياسي ١٩٤٣-١٩٤٤" [و٦٤] (٤٨٣/١٢٧)" . مكتبة قطر الرقمية . September 19, 2017.
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b T. Morad; D. Shasha (2008).
Iraq's Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape from Modern Babylon . Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 186.
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978-0-230-61623-3 .
^ Who's Who in Iraq , 1936, p. 587
^ Dougherty, Beth K.; Ghareeb, Edmund A., eds. (2013).
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ISBN
978-0-8108-7942-3 .
^ Dougherty, Beth K.; Ghareeb, Edmund A., eds. (2013).
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ISBN
978-0-8108-7942-3 .
^ Kristian Girling (2017).
The Chaldean Catholic Church: Modern History, Ecclesiology and Church-State Relations . Taylor & Francis. p. 121.
ISBN
978-1-351-70674-2 .
^ Dougherty, Beth K.; Ghareeb, Edmund A., eds. (2013).
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978-0-8108-7942-3 .
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978-0-8108-7942-3 .
^ Dougherty, Beth K.; Ghareeb, Edmund A., eds. (2013).
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978-0-8108-7942-3 .
^ Dougherty, Beth K.; Ghareeb, Edmund A., eds. (2013).
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978-0-8108-7942-3 .
^ Mohammed (1990), p. 178