Abdul Rahman Arif

Abdul Rahman Arif
عبد الرحمن عارف
Arif in 1950
President of Iraq
In office
16 April 1966  17 July 1968
Prime MinisterAbd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Naji Talib
Himself
Tahir Yahya
Preceded byAbdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Succeeded byAhmed Hassan al-Bakr
Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
10 May 1967  10 July 1967
PresidentHimself
Preceded byNaji Talib
Succeeded byTahir Yahya
Personal details
Born14 April 1916
Baghdad, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died24 August 2007 (aged 91)
Amman, Jordan
Political partyArab Socialist Union
SpouseFaika Abdul-Mageed Faris Alanee
RelationsAbdul Salam Arif (brother)
Children5
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Iraq (1939–1958)
Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
Branch/service Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service1939–1968
RankLieutenant general
Battles/wars

Abdul Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد عارف الجميلي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿĀrif; 14 April 1916 – 24 August 2007), better known as Abdul Rahman Arif, was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 July 1968. He was the older brother of the second president of Iraq, Abdul Salam Arif, whom he succeeded after his brother died in an airplane crash in 1966.