Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun

Abd al-Muhsin Al-Saadoon
2nd, 5th, 7th & 9th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office November 20, 1922 – November 22, 1923 June 26, 1925–November 21, 1926 January 11, 1928–April 28, 1929 September 19, 1929–November 13, 1929
Monarch	Faisal I
Preceded by	Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani Yasin al-Hashimi Jafar al-Askari Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
Succeeded by	Jafar al-Askari (twice) Tawfiq al-Suwaidi Naji al-Suwaidi
Personal details
Born	1879
Died	1929

Abd al-Muhsin Al-Saadoon, Honorary KCMG (Arabic: عبد المحسن السعدون‎)‎ (1879 – 1929) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq four separate times between 1922 and 1929. A member of the leading clan of the Muntafiq tribal confederation, Al-Saadoon served as an officer in the Ottoman army and as a aide-de-camp to Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II before returning to Iraq and embarking on a career in politics. After World War I, He was an outspoken opponent of the British mandate in the country.

During his third term in office, Al-Saadoon negotiated two important treaties: the Second Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1926), ensuring that the Kurd-dominated Mosul province would remain part of Iraq (with assurances for the rights of the local Kurdish population); and the Turkey-Iraqi Treaty in which Iraq promised to pay Turkey 10 percent of its revenues from the Mosul oil fields in return for Turkish recognition of Iraqi control of the area.^{[citation needed]}

Death

During his fourth term in office, Al-Saadoon died; he was alleged to have committed suicide.^{[citation needed]}

Political offices
Preceded by Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani	Prime Minister of Iraq November 18, 1922—November 21, 1923	Succeeded by Jafar al-Askari
Preceded by Yasin al-Hashimi	Prime Minister of Iraq June 19, 1925—November 1, 1926	Succeeded by Jafar al-Askari
Preceded by Jafar al-Askari	Prime Minister of Iraq January 14, 1928—January 20, 1929	Succeeded by Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
Preceded by Tawfiq al-Suwaidi	Prime Minister of Iraq September 19, 1929—November 13, 1929	Succeeded by Naji al-Suwaidi