List of Presidents of Iraq

This is a list of Presidents of Iraq since 1958.

List

№	Name	Picture	Birth–Death	Took office	Left office	Political Party
• Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) •
1	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي		1904–1965	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)	Military
2	Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف		1921–1966	8 February 1963	13 April 1966 (died in office)	Military / Arab Socialist Union
—	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز Acting President		1913–1973	13 April 1966	16 April 1966	Arab Socialist Union
3	Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف		1916–2007	16 April 1966	17 July 1968 (deposed)	Military / Arab Socialist Union
• Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) •
4	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر		1914–1982	17 July 1968	16 July 1979	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
5	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين		1937–2006	16 July 1979	9 April 2003 (deposed)	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
—	Coalition Provisional Authority (Leader: Jay Garner, then later Paul Bremer)		—	21 April 2003	28 August 2004	—
• Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
—	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور Interim President		1958–	28 June 2004	7 April 2005	Independent
6	Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني		1933–	7 April 2005	24 July 2014	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7	Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم		1938–	24 July 2014	Incumbent	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

See also

• List of kings of Iraq
• President of Iraq
• Vice President of Iraq
• Prime Minister of Iraq
  • List of Prime Ministers of Iraq