First Republic of Iraq
Republic of Iraq الجمهورية العراقية | |||||||||
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| 1958–1968 | |||||||||
| Anthem: موطني Mawtini "My Homeland" والله زمان يا سلاحي Walla Zaman Ya Selahy "It has been a long time, oh my weapon!" | |||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Baghdad | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic and Kurdish | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity, Mandaeism, Yazidism and Yarsanism | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Qasimist parliamentary republic under a military junta (1958–1963) Unitary Ba'athist parliamentary republic under an authoritarian military dictatorship (1963) Unitary Nasserist one-party state under a military junta (1963–1968) | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1958–1963 | Muhammad Najib | ||||||||
• 1963–1966 | Abdul Salam Arif | ||||||||
• 1966 | Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (acting) | ||||||||
• 1966–1968 | Abdul Rahman Arif | ||||||||
| Vice President | |||||||||
• 1963–1964 | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1958–1963 | Abd al-Karim Qasim | ||||||||
• 1963 | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | ||||||||
• 1963–1965 | Tahir Yahya | ||||||||
• 1965 | Arif Abd ar-Razzaq | ||||||||
• 1965–1966 | Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz | ||||||||
• 1966–1967 | Naji Talib | ||||||||
• 1967 | Abdul Rahman Arif | ||||||||
• 1967–1968 | Tahir Yahya | ||||||||
| Legislature | Revolutionary Military Council (1958–1965) National Defence Council (1965–1968) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War Arab Cold War | ||||||||
| 14 July 1958 | |||||||||
| 7–11 March 1959 | |||||||||
| 8–10 February 1963 | |||||||||
| 3 July 1963 | |||||||||
| 13–18 November 1963 | |||||||||
• Arif Abd ar-Razzaq first coup | 14 September 1965 | ||||||||
| 29 June 1966 | |||||||||
| 17 July 1968 | |||||||||
| Currency | Iraqi dinar (IQD) | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | IQ | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq | ||||||||
Abdul Salam Arif was Deputy Prime Minister until 30 September 1958. Muhammad Najib was Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Iraq from 1958–1963. Ali Salih al-Sa'di was Deputy Prime Minister from 8 February 1963 until 18 November 1963. Ali Salih al-Sa'di was the de facto leader of the Iraqi Republic from 8 February 1963 until 18 November 1963. | |||||||||
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| History of Iraq |
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Republic of Iraq (Arabic: الجمهورية العراقية الأولى), retroactively known as First Iraqi Republic and also as, Iraqi Republic, Qasimist Iraq (1958–1963) and Nasserist Iraq (1963–1968), was the Iraqi state forged in 1958 under the rule of President Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i and Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Qasim. ar-Ruba'i and Qasim first came to power through the 14 July Revolution in which the Kingdom of Iraq's Hashemite dynasty was overthrown. As a result, the Kingdom and the Arab Federation were dissolved and the Iraqi republic established. Arab nationalists later took power and overthrew Qasim in the Ramadan Revolution in February 1963, and then Nasserists consolidated their power after another coup in November 1963. The era ended with the Ba'athist rise to power in a coup in July 1968.