List of prime ministers of Iraq

This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.

List of officeholders

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head of State (Reign / Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
• Kingdom of Iraq (under the British Mandate) (1920–1932) • 20px
	80x80px	Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani عبد الرحمن الكيلاني (1841–1927)	11 November 1920	20 November 1922		Independent	Faisal I (1921–1933)
	80px	Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	20 November 1922	22 November 1923		Military
	80px	Jaafar Al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936)	22 November 1923	2 August 1924		Military
		Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937)	2 August 1924	26 June 1925		Military / People's Party
	80px	Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	26 June 1925	21 November 1926		Military / Progressive Party
	80px	Jaafar Al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1885–1936)	21 November 1926	11 January 1928		Military / Covenant Party
	80px	Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	11 January 1928	28 April 1929		Military / Progressive Party
	80px	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	28 April 1929	19 September 1929		Independent
	80px	Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	19 September 1929	13 November 1929 (died in office)		Military / Progressive Party
	80px	Naji al-Suwaydi ناجي السويدي (1882–1942)	18 November 1929	23 March 1930		Independent
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	23 March 1930	3 November 1932		Military / Covenant Party
• Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958) • 20px
	80px	Naji Shawkat ناجي شوكت (1893–1980)	3 November 1932	20 March 1933		Independent	Faisal I (1921–1933)
	80px	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	20 March 1933	9 November 1933		Party of National Brotherhood
							Ghazi I 80px (1933–1939)
		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	9 November 1933	27 August 1934		Military
	80px	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	27 August 1934	4 March 1935		Military
		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	4 March 1935	17 March 1935		Military
		Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937)	17 March 1935	30 October 1936 (deposed)		Military / Party of National Brotherhood
	80px	Hikmat Sulayman حكمت سليمان (1889–1964)	30 October 1936	17 August 1937		Party of National Brotherhood
		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	17 August 1937	25 December 1938		Military
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	25 December 1938	31 March 1940		Military / Covenant Party
							Faisal II 80px (1939–1958)
	80px	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	31 March 1940	3 February 1941		Party of National Brotherhood
	80px	Taha al-Hashimi طه الهاشمي (1888–1961)	3 February 1941	13 April 1941 (deposed)		Military
	80px	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	13 April 1941	30 May 1941 (deposed)		Party of National Brotherhood
		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	4 June 1941	10 October 1941		Military
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	10 October 1941	4 June 1944		Military / Covenant Party
		Hamdi al-Pachachi حمدي الباجه جي (1886–1948)	4 June 1944	23 February 1946		Independent
	80px	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	23 February 1946	1 June 1946		Liberal Party
	80px	Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978)	1 June 1946	21 November 1946		Independent
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	21 November 1946	29 March 1947		Military / Constitutional Union Party
	80px	Salih Jabr سيد صالح جبر (1896–1957)	29 March 1947	29 January 1948		Nation's Socialist Party
	80px	Muhammad as-Sadr سيد محمد الصدر (1882–1956)	29 January 1948	26 June 1948		Independent
		Muzahim al-Pachachi مزاجم الباجه جي (1891–1982)	26 June 1948	6 January 1949		Independent
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	6 January 1949	10 December 1949		Military / Constitutional Union Party
	80px	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	10 December 1949	5 February 1950		Military
	80px	Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	5 February 1950	15 September 1950		Independent
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	15 September 1950	12 July 1952		Military / Constitutional Union Party
	80px	Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari مصطفى محمود العمري (1894–1962)	12 July 1952	23 November 1952		Independent
	80px	Nureddin Mahmud نور الدين محمود (1899–1981)	23 November 1952	29 January 1953		Military
		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	29 January 1953	17 September 1953		Military
	80px	Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali محمد فاضل الجمالي (1903–1997)	17 September 1953	29 April 1954		Independent
	80px	Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978)	29 April 1954	4 August 1954		Independent
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	4 August 1954	20 June 1957		Military / Constitutional Union Party
	80px	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	20 June 1957	15 December 1957		Military / United National Front
	80px	Abdul-Wahab Mirjan عبد الوهاب مرجان (1909–1964)	15 December 1957	3 March 1958		Independent
	80px	Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	3 March 1958	18 May 1958		Military / Constitutional Union Party
		Ahmad Mukhtar Baban أحمد مختار بابان (1900–1976)	18 May 1958	14 July 1958 (deposed)		Independent
30px → 30px • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) • 20px → 20px
		Abd al-Karim Qasim عبد الكريم قاسم (1914–1963)	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)		Military	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i 80px (1958–1963)
		Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982)	8 February 1963	18 November 1963 (deposed)		Military / Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966)
	80px	Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986)	20 November 1963	6 September 1965		Military / Arab Socialist Union
		Arif Abd ar-Razzaq عارف عبد الرزاق (1921–2007)	6 September 1965	21 September 1965		Military / Arab Socialist Union
	80px	Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973)	21 September 1965	9 August 1966		Arab Socialist Union
	80px	Naji Talib ناجي طالب (1917–2012)	9 August 1966	10 May 1967		Military	Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968)
		Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007)	10 May 1967	10 July 1967		Military / Arab Socialist Union
	80px	Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986)	10 July 1967	17 July 1968 (deposed)		Military / Arab Socialist Union
30px → 30px • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) • 20px → 20px
	80px	Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif عبد الرزاق النايف (1933–1978)	17 July 1968	30 July 1968		Military	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979)
		Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982)	31 July 1968	16 July 1979 (resigned)		Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
	80px	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006)	16 July 1979	23 March 1991		Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	Saddam Hussein 80px (1979–2003)
	80px	Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007)	23 March 1991	13 September 1991		Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
	80px	Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi محمد حمزة الزبيدي (1938–2005)	16 September 1991	5 September 1993		Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
	80px	Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي (born 1941)	5 September 1993	29 May 1994		Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
	80px	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006)	29 May 1994	9 April 2003 (deposed)		Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
30px • Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • 20px
		Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) Acting Prime Minister	13 July 2003	31 July 2003		Independent	Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
		Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947)	1 August 2003	31 August 2003		Islamic Dawa Party
		Ahmed al-Chalabi أحمد جلبي (1944–2015)	1 September 2003	30 September 2003		Iraqi National Congress
		Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (born 1944)	1 October 2003	31 October 2003		Iraqi National Accord
		Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني (1933–2017)	1 November 2003	30 November 2003		Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
		Abdul Aziz al-Hakim عبد العزيز الحكيم (1952–2009)	1 December 2003	31 December 2003		Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
	80px	Adnan al-Pachachi عدنان بجاجي (1923–2019)	1 January 2004	31 January 2004		Assembly of Independent Democrats
		Mohsen Abdel Hamid محسن عبد الحميد (born 1937)	1 February 2004	29 February 2004		Iraqi Islamic Party
		Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015)	1 March 2004	31 March 2004		Independent
		Massoud Barzani مسعود برزاني (born 1946)	1 April 2004	30 April 2004		Kurdistan Democratic Party
	80px	Ezzedine Salim عز الدين سليم (1943–2004)	1 May 2004	17 May 2004 (died in office)		Islamic Dawa Party
	80px	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (born 1958)	17 May 2004	1 June 2004		Independent
30px → • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • 20px →
	80px	Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (born 1944)	1 June 2004	3 May 2005		Iraqi National Accord	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer 80px (2004–2005)
	80px	Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947)	3 May 2005	20 May 2006		Islamic Dawa Party	Jalal Talabani 80px (2005–2014)
	80px	Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي (born 1950)	20 May 2006	8 September 2014		Islamic Dawa Party
							Fuad Masum (2014–2018)
	80px	Haider al-Abadi حيدر العبادي (born 1952)	8 September 2014	25 October 2018		Victory Alliance
							Barham Salih 80px (2018–2022)
	80px	Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي (born 1942)	25 October 2018	7 May 2020		Independent
	80px	Mustafa Al-Kadhimi مصطفي الکاظمي (born 1967)	7 May 2020	27 October 2022		Independent
	80px	Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani محمد شياع السوداني (born 1970)	27 October 2022	Incumbent		Islamic Dawa Party	Abdul Latif Rashid 80px (2022–present)

See also

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