Permanent historical factsheet

President of Iraq

Iraq · Government / Government of Iraq. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1963–2005Date range
6Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1963

Abd al-Rahman Aref1963

Government / Government of Iraq

Appointed President of Iraq

Abdul Salam Arif1963

Government / Government of Iraq

Appointed President of Iraq

1966

Abd al-Rahman Aref1966

Government / Government of Iraq

Appointed President of Iraq, succeeds his brother

1967

Abdul Rahman Arif1967

Government / Government of Iraq

Appointed President of Iraq, wins an indefinite extension of his term

2004

Adnan Pachachi1 January 2004

Government / Government of Iraq

Appointed President of the Governing Council

Ghazi al- Yawar2004

Government / Government of Iraq

Appointed President of Iraq, interim

2005

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad3 August 2005

Government / Government of Iraq

"Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world"

Names involved

Abd al-Rahman ArefAbdul Rahman ArifAbdul Salam ArifAdnan PachachiGhazi al- YawarMahmoud Ahmadinejad

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.