List of prime ministers of Iraq

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

List of officeholders

No.	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) •
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;" | 1		Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani عبد الرحمن الكيلاني (1841–1927)	11 November 1920	20 November 1922	2 years, 9 days	Independent	Faisal I (1921–1933)
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;" | 2		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	20 November 1922	22 November 1923	1 year, 2 days	Military
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;" | 3		Jafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1887–1936)	22 November 1923	2 August 1924	254 days	Military
4		Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937)	2 August 1924	26 June 1925	328 days	Military / People's Party
(2)		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	26 June 1925	21 November 1926	1 year, 148 days	Military / Progressive Party
(3)		Jafar al-Askari جعفر العسكري (1887–1936)	21 November 1926	11 January 1928	1 year, 51 days	Military / Covenant Party
(2)		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	11 January 1928	28 April 1929	1 year, 107 days	Military / Progressive Party
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;" | 5		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	28 April 1929	19 September 1929	144 days	Independent
(2)		Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun عبد المحسن السعدون (1879–1929)	19 September 1929	13 November 1929 (died in office)	55 days	Military / Progressive Party
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;" | 6		Naji al-Suwaydi ناجي السويدي (1882–1942)	18 November 1929	23 March 1930	−9 years, 240 days	Independent
7		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	23 March 1930	3 November 1932	2 years, 225 days	Military / Covenant Party
• Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958) •
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;" | 8		Naji Shawkat ناجي شوكت (1893–1980)	3 November 1932	20 March 1933	137 days	Independent	Faisal I (1921–1933)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party of National Brotherhood/meta/color; color:black;" | 9		Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	20 March 1933	9 November 1933	234 days	Party of National Brotherhood
Ghazi I (1933–1939)
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 10		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	9 November 1933	27 August 1934	291 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 11		Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	27 August 1934	4 March 1935	189 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| (10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	4 March 1935	17 March 1935	13 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Party of National Brotherhood/meta/color; color:black;"| (4)		Yasin al-Hashimi ياسين الهاشمي (1882–1937)	17 March 1935	30 October 1936	1 year, 227 days	Military / Party of National Brotherhood
	style="background:Template:Party of National Brotherhood/meta/color; color:black;"| 12		Hikmat Sulayman حكمت سليمان (1889–1964)	30 October 1936	17 August 1937	291 days	Party of National Brotherhood
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| (10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	17 August 1937	25 December 1938	1 year, 130 days	Military
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	25 December 1938	31 March 1940	1 year, 97 days	Military / Covenant Party
Faisal II (1939–1958)
	style="background:Template:Party of National Brotherhood/meta/color; color:black;"| (9)		Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	31 March 1940	3 February 1941	309 days	Party of National Brotherhood
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 13		Taha al-Hashimi طه الهاشمي (1888–1961)	3 February 1941	13 April 1941 (deposed)	69 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Party of National Brotherhood/meta/color; color:black;"| (9)		Rashid Ali al-Gaylani رشيد عالي الكيلاني (1892–1965)	13 April 1941	30 May 1941 (deposed)	47 days	Party of National Brotherhood
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| (10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	4 June 1941	10 October 1941	128 days	Military
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	10 October 1941	4 June 1944	2 years, 238 days	Military / Covenant Party
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 14		Hamdi al-Pachachi حمدي الباجه جي (1886–1948)	4 June 1944	23 February 1946	1 year, 264 days	Independent
	(5)		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	23 February 1946	1 June 1946	98 days	Liberal Party
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 15		Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978)	1 June 1946	21 November 1946	173 days	Independent
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	21 November 1946	29 March 1947	128 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
	16	File:Sayyid Salih Jabr.jpg	Salih Jabr سيد صالح جبر (1896–1957)	29 March 1947	29 January 1948	306 days	Nation's Socialist Party
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 17		Muhammad as-Sadr سيد محمد الصدر (1882–1956)	29 January 1948	26 June 1948	149 days	Independent
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 18		Muzahim al-Pachachi مزاجم الباجه جي (1891–1982)	26 June 1948	6 January 1949	194 days	Independent
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	6 January 1949	10 December 1949	338 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| (11)		Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي (1886–1969)	10 December 1949	5 February 1950	57 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| (5)		Tawfiq al-Suwaidi توفيق السويدي (1892–1968)	5 February 1950	15 September 1950	222 days	Independent
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	15 September 1950	12 July 1952	1 year, 301 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 19		Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari مصطفى محمود العمري (1894–1962)	12 July 1952	23 November 1952	134 days	Independent
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 20		Nureddin Mahmud نور الدين محمود (1899–1981)	23 November 1952	29 January 1953	67 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| (10)		Jamil al-Midfai جميل المدفعي (1890–1958)	29 January 1953	17 September 1953	231 days	Military
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 21		Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali محمد فاضل الجمالي (1903–1997)	17 September 1953	29 April 1954	224 days	Independent
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| (15)		Arshad al-Umari أرشد العمري (1888–1978)	29 April 1954	4 August 1954	97 days	Independent
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	4 August 1954	20 June 1957	2 years, 320 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
	(11)		Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi علي جودت الأيوبي Template:Small(1886–1969)	20 June 1957	15 December 1957	178 days	Military / United National Front
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 22		Abdul-Wahab Mirjan عبد الوهاب مرجان (1909–1964)	15 December 1957	3 March 1958	78 days	Independent
	(7)		Nuri as-Said نوري السعيد (1888–1958)	3 March 1958	18 May 1958	76 days	Military / Constitutional Union Party
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 23		Ahmad Mukhtar Baban أحمد مختار بابان (1900–1976)	18 May 1958	14 July 1958 (deposed)	57 days	Independent
→ • Iraqi Republic (pre–Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) •
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 24		Abd al-Karim Qasim عبد الكريم قاسم (1914–1963)	14 July 1958	8 February 1963 (deposed)	4 years, 209 days	Military	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1958–1963)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| 25		Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982)	8 February 1963	18 November 1963 (deposed)	283 days	Military / Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	Abdul Salam Arif (1963–1966)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Union (Iraq)/meta/color; color:white;"| 26		Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986)	20 November 1963	6 September 1965	1 year, 290 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Union (Iraq)/meta/color; color:white;"| 27		Arif Abd ar-Razzaq عارف عبد الرزاق (1921–2007)	6 September 1965	21 September 1965	15 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Union (Iraq)/meta/color; color:white;"| 28		Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز (1913–1973)	21 September 1965	9 August 1966	322 days	Arab Socialist Union
style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 29		Naji Talib ناجي طالب (1917–2012)	9 August 1966	10 May 1967	274 days	Military	Abdul Rahman Arif (1966–1968)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Union (Iraq)/meta/color; color:white;"| 30		Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف (1916–2007)	10 May 1967	10 July 1967	61 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Union (Iraq)/meta/color; color:white;"| (26)		Tahir Yahya طاهر يحيى (1915–1986)	10 July 1967	17 July 1968 (deposed)	1 year, 7 days	Military / Arab Socialist Union
→ • Iraqi Republic (under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) •
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color; color:black;"| 31		Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif عبد الرزاق النايف (1933–1978)	17 July 1968	30 July 1968	13 days	Military	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968–1979)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| (25)		Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982)	31 July 1968	16 July 1979	10 years, 350 days	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| 32		Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006)	16 July 1979	23 March 1991	11 years, 250 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)	Saddam Hussein (1979–2003)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| 33		Sa'dun Hammadi سعدون حمادي (1930–2007)	23 March 1991	13 September 1991	174 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| 34		Mohammad Hamza al-Zubaidi محمد حمزة الزبيدي (1939–2005)	16 September 1991	5 September 1993	1 year, 354 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| 35		Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي (born 1941)	5 September 1993	29 May 1994	266 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
style="background:Template:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region/meta/color; color:white;"| (32)		Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006)	29 May 1994	9 April 2003 (deposed)	8 years, 315 days	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| —		Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015) Acting Prime Minister	13 July 2003	31 July 2003	18 days	Independent	Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
style="background:Template:Islamic Dawa Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 36		Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947)	1 August 2003	31 August 2003	30 days	Islamic Dawa Party
37		Ahmed al-Chalabi أحمد جلبي (1944–2015)	1 September 2003	30 September 2003	29 days	Iraqi National Congress
38		Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (born 1944)	1 October 2003	31 October 2003	30 days	Iraqi National Accord
style="background:Template:Patriotic Union of Kurdistan/meta/color; color:white;"| 39		Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني (1933–2017)	1 November 2003	30 November 2003	29 days	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
style="background:Template:Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq/meta/color; color:white;"| 40		Abdul Aziz al-Hakim عبد العزيز الحكيم (1950–2009)	1 December 2003	31 December 2003	30 days	Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
41		Adnan al-Pachachi عدنان بجاجي (1923–2019)	1 January 2004	31 January 2004	30 days	Assembly of Independent Democrats
42		Mohsen Abdel Hamid محسن عبد الحميد (born 1937)	1 February 2004	29 February 2004	28 days	Iraqi Islamic Party
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 43		Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum محمد بحر العلوم (1927–2015)	1 March 2004	31 March 2004	30 days	Independent
style="background:Template:Kurdistan Democratic Party/meta/color; color:black;"| 44		Massoud Barzani مسعود برزاني (born 1946)	1 April 2004	30 April 2004	29 days	Kurdistan Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Islamic Dawa Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 45		Ezzedine Salim عز الدين سليم (1943–2004)	1 May 2004	17 May 2004 (died in office)	16 days	Islamic Dawa Party
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 46		Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور (born 1958)	17 May 2004	1 June 2004	15 days	Independent
→ • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
(38)		Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي (born 1944)	1 June 2004	3 May 2005	336 days	Iraqi National Accord	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005)
style="background:Template:Islamic Dawa Party/meta/color; color:white;"| (36)		Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947)	3 May 2005	20 May 2006	1 year, 17 days	Islamic Dawa Party	Jalal Talabani (2005–2014)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Islamic Dawa Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 47		Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي (born 1950)	20 May 2006	8 September 2014	8 years, 111 days	Islamic Dawa Party
Fuad Masum (2014–2018)
	48		Haider al-Abadi حيدر العبادي (born 1952)	8 September 2014	25 October 2018	4 years, 47 days	Victory Alliance
Barham Salih (2018–present)
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 49		Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي (born 1942)	25 October 2018	7 May 2020	1 year, 195 days	Independent
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 50		Mustafa Al-Kadhimi مصطفي الکاظمي (born 1967)	7 May 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 33 days	Independent

See also

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