List of presidents of Iraq

This is a list of presidents of Iraq since 1958.

List

Name		Portrait	Lifespan	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
File:Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg → File:Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • File:Iraq state emblem CoA 1959-1965 Qassem.svg File:COA of Iraq (1965).svg
1	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي	File:الربيعي.jpg	1904–1965	—	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)	4 years, 207 days	Military
2	Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف	File:Abdul-salam-arif.jpg	1921–1966	—	8 February 1963	13 April 1966 (died in office)	3 years, 65 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
—	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز Acting President	File:Abdel-Rahman Al-Bazzaz.jpg	1913–1973	—	13 April 1966	16 April 1966	3 days	Arab Socialist Union
3	Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف	File:Abdel-Rahman Aref.jpg	1916–2007	—	16 April 1966	17 July 1968 (deposed)	2 years, 92 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
File:Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg → File:Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • File:COA of Iraq (1965).svg File:Coat of arms (emblem) of Iraq 1991-2004.svg
4	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر	File:Ahmad Hassan el Bakr.jpg	1914–1982	—	17 July 1968	16 July 1979	10 years, 364 days	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath (Iraq Region)
5	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين	File:Saddam Hussein in 1998.png	1937–2006	1995 2002	16 July 1979	9 April 2003 (deposed)	23 years, 267 days	Iraqi Ba'ath (Iraq Region)
File:Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg • Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • File:Coat of arms (emblem) of Iraq 1991-2004.svg
—	Coalition Provisional Authority (Leader: Jay Garner, then later Paul Bremer)	File:Seal of the Coalition Provisional Authority Iraq.svg	—	—	21 April 2003	28 June 2004	434 days	—
File:Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg → File:Flag of Iraq.svg • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • File:Coat of arms (emblem) of Iraq 2008.svg
—	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور Interim President	File:Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer 2004-06-01.jpg	1958–	—	28 June 2004	7 April 2005	283 days	Independent
6	Jalal Talabani جلال طالباني	File:Meetings of Presidents participated in Nowruz with Ali Khamenei - Tehran, Iran (Cropped on Talabani).jpg	1933–2017	—	7 April 2005	24 July 2014	9 years, 108 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7	Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم	File:Fuad Masum 2014.jpg	1938–	—	24 July 2014	2 October 2018	4 years, 68 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
8	Barham Salih بەرهەم ساڵح	File:Barham Salih portrait.jpg	1960–	—	2 October 2018	13 October 2022	4 years, 15 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
9	Latif Rashid لطيف رشيد لەتیف رەشید	File:Abdul Latif Rashid 2023 (cropped).jpg	1944–	—	17 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 285 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

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