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President of Iraq

Name: President of Iraq – Iraq factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Iraq · Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records

1968–1979Date range

2Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1968

Ahmed Hassan al- Bakr1968

Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party

Appointed President of Iraq

1975

Ahmed Hassan al- Bakr16 July 1975

Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party

Appointed President of Iraq, announced by al-Bakr on the eve of 17th July celebrations

1979

Saddam Hussein16 July 1979

Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party

Appointed President of Iraq, announced by al-Bakr

Saddam HusseinJuly 1979

Government / Ba'ath Socialist Party

Appointed President of Iraq

Names involved

Ahmed Hassan al- BakrSaddam Hussein

Provenance

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