Yasin al-Hashimi

Yasin al-Hashimi
4th & 17th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office August 2, 1924 – June 26, 1925 March 17, 1935 – October 30, 1936
Monarch	Faisal I Ghazi
Preceded by	Jafar al-Askari Jamil al-Midfai
Succeeded by	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun Hikmat Sulayman
Personal details
Born	1882 (1882)
Died	1937 (1938)
Political party	Party of National Brotherhood (during 2nd term)
Relations	Younger brother of Taha al-Hashimi, Prime Minister of Iraq 1941.

Yasin al-Hashimi (1882 – 1937) (Arabic: ياسين الهاشمى ‎) was an Iraqi politician who served twice as that country's prime minister. Like many of Iraq's early leaders, Hashimi, who was born Yasin Hilmi Salman, served as an officer during Ottoman control of the country. He made his political debut under the government of his predecessor, Jafar al-Askari and replaced Askari as prime minister shortly after, in August 1924.

Hashimi served for ten months before he was replaced, in turn by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun. Over the next ten years he filled a variety of governmental positions finally returning to the office of prime minister in 1935. On October 30, 1936 Hashimi had the dubious distinction of being the first Iraqi prime minister deposed in a coup, led by General Bakr Sidqi and a coalition of ethnic minorities. Unlike Jafar al-Askari, who was then his minister of defense, Hashimi survived the coup and made his way to Damascus, Syria, where he died two months later. His older brother, Taha was Prime Minister of Iraq in 1941.

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Political offices
Preceded by Jafar al-Askari	Prime Minister of Iraq August 2, 1924— June 22, 1925	Succeeded by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Preceded by Jamil al-Midfai	Prime Minister of Iraq March 17, 1935— October 30, 1936	Succeeded by Hikmat Sulayman