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Chief of the Iraqi General Staff
رئاسة اركان الجيش (Arabic)
Coat of arms of the Iraqi General Staff
Incumbent
General Abdel Emir Yarallah
since 8 June 2020
Armed Forces of Iraq
Reports toMinister of Defense
SeatGreen Zone, Baghdad
AppointerPrime Minister of Iraq
Formation6 January 1921
First holderNuri al-Said
WebsiteOfficial website

The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iraq (Arabic: رئاسة اركان الجيش العراقي, romanized: riasat arkan aljaysh aleiraqiu; is the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iraq. He is appointed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, who is the commander-in-chief. The position dates to the period of the Independence of Iraq.[1] Up until 2003, the Chief of Staff was the second most senior officer in the Armed Forces behind the Minister of Defence.

Since 8 June 2020, the current chief of the General Staff is General Abdel Emir Yarallah.[2]

List of officeholders

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Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)

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See also: Kingdom of Iraq
No. Photo Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lieutenant general
Nuri al-Said
(1888–1958) 		6 January 1921 20 November 1922 1 year, 318 days [3]
2 Lieutenant general
Taha al-Hashimi
(1888–1961) 		20 November 1922 28 July 1924 1 year, 251 days
In 1924, the position of Chief of Staff of the Army was abolished and his duties were transferred to the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.[4][5]
– Lieutenant general
Nuri al-Said
(1888–1958)
as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces 		28 July 1924 28 May 1928 3 years, 305 days [6]
Position reinstated
1928
2 Lieutenant general
Taha al-Hashimi
(1888–1961) 		28 May 1928 29 October 1936 8 years, 154 days
3 Lieutenant general
Bakr Sidqi
(1890–1937) 		29 October 1936 11 August 1937  X 286 days
4 Lieutenant general
Abdul Latif Nouri [ar]
(1888–1957) 		15 August 1937 22 August 1937 7 days [7][8]
5 Lieutenant general
Hussein Fawzi [ar]
(1889–?) 		22 August 1937 20 February 1940 2 years, 182 days [9][10]
6 Lieutenant general
Amin Zaki Suleiman [ar]
(1884–1971) 		25 February 1940 29 May 1941 1 year, 93 days
7 Lieutenant general
Mohammed Amin Ahmed Al-Omari 		29 May 1941 2 June 1941 4 days
8 Lieutenant general
Ismail Namik [ar] 		2 June 1941 20 December 1944 3 years, 201 days [11]
9 General
Saleh Saeb al-Jubouri [ar]
(1898–1993) 		20 December 1944 18 August 1951 6 years, 241 days [12]
10 General
Nureddin Mahmud
(1899–1981) 		18 August 1951 29 January 1953 1 year, 164 days [12]
11 Major general
Hussein Makki Khammas [ar] 		29 January 1953 17 September 1953 231 days [12]
12 Lieutenant general
Rafik Arif [ar]
(1908–1992) 		17 September 1953 14 July 1958 4 years, 300 days [12]

First Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

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See also: Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
No. Photo Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lieutenant general
Ahmed Saleh al-Abdi [ar]
(1912–1968) 		14 July 1958 8 February 1963 4 years, 209 days [12]
2 Lieutenant general
Tahir Yahya
(1916–1986) 		8 February 1963 20 November 1963 285 days [12]
3 Lieutenant general
Abdul Rahman Arif
(1916–2007) 		20 November 1963 15 April 1966 2 years, 146 days [12]
4 Lieutenant general
Hamudi Mahdi [ar] 		15 April 1966 17 July 1967 1 year, 93 days [12]
5 Major general
Ibrahim Faisal Ansari [ar]
(1920–2010) 		17 July 1967 5 August 1968 1 year, 19 days [12]

Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

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See also: Ba'athist Iraq
No. Photo Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lieutenant general
Hammad Shihab [ar]
(1922–1973) 		5 August 1968 3 April 1970 1 year, 241 days [12]
2 General
Abdul Jabbar Shanshal
(1920–2014) 		3 April 1970 15 January 1984 13 years, 287 days [12]
3 General
Abdul Jawad Dhanuun
(1936–2020) 		15 January 1984 1986 1–2 years [12]
4 Major general
Saaduddin Aziz Mustafa 		1986 25 July 1987 0–1 years [12]
5 General
Nizar Al-Khazraji [ar]
(born 1936) 		25 July 1987 19 September 1990 3 years, 56 days [12]
6 General
Hussein Rashid
(born 1940) 		19 September 1990 1991 0–1 years [12]
7 General
Iyad Futayyih
(1942–2018) 		1991 1995 3–4 years [12]
8 General
Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai
(1945–2020) 		1995 18 July 1995 0 years [12]
9 General
Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat
(born 1944) 		18 July 1995 1999 3–4 years [12]
10 General
Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar
(1950–2010) 		1999 9 April 2003 3–4 years [12]
On 23 May 2003, the Iraqi Army was dissolved, and all of its officers and personnel were discharged. It was later re-established on 8 August 2003.

Republic of Iraq (2003–present)

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See also: Iraq
No. Photo Name
(born–died) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 General
Babaker Zebari
(born 1947) 		8 August 2003 29 June 2015 11 years, 325 days [13]
2 General
Othman al-Ghanmi
(born 1958) 		29 June 2015 7 May 2020 4 years, 313 days [14][15]
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3 General
Abdel Emir Yarallah
(born 1964) 		7 May 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 225 days [18][19]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "الكاظمي يعين مجموعة جديدة من المسؤولين في مناصب عليا". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Hamroush, (1984). Abdel Nasser and the Arabs. Madbouli Library. Pp. 136. Archived from the original on 2023-02-22.
  4. ^ Ṭāhā, al-Hāshimī; Hāshimī, Ṭāhā (1967). Memoirs of Taha al-Hashimi, 1919-1943. With an investigation and introduction to the history of modern Iraq: 1919-1943. Dar al-Tali'ah. Pp. 87. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20.
  5. ^ Muḥammad, ʻAlāʾ Jāsim (1987). Jaʻfar al-ʻAskarī wa-dawruhu al-siyāsī wa-al-ʻaskarī fī tārīkh al-ʻIrāq ḥattá ʻām 1936. Maktabat al-Yaqẓah al-ʻArabīyah. p. 155. Archived from the original on 02-22-2023.
  6. ^ Ṭāhā, al-Hāshimī; Hāshimī, Ṭāhā (1967). Memoirs of Taha al-Hashimi, 1919-1943. With an investigation and introduction to the history of modern Iraq: 1919-1943. Dar al-Tali'ah. Pp. 87. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20.
  7. ^ Khayoun, Ali (January 1, 2018). The Political Thought of Iraq's Military Elite, 1941-1963. Al Manhal. Pp. 77. ISBN:9796500435497. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20.
  8. ^ Khalid Ahmed Al-Jawal in the first part of the "Encyclopedia of Great Politicians of Royal Iraq 1920-1958"
  9. ^ History of the Iraqi Army Hassan Hussein Baghdad 1977, p. 55
  10. ^ Fawzi and the Mays Revolution, Fouad Abdul Razzaq al-Dujaili, Al-Sabah newspaper, 5/25/2016
  11. ^ Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Edmund Gharib
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s List of Iraqi Army Chiefs of Staff (1944-2003) Subhi Nazim Tawfiq
  13. ^ "KurdPress :: Kurdpress News Aganecy - Baba Zebari". web.archive.org. November 24, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-24. Accessed on 2023-02-20.
  14. ^ News Agency Archived August 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ KanNews :: Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi is inaugurated as deputy ... Archived February 3, 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ^ "Al-Ghanimi arrives in UK to be guest of honor at Royal Military Parade". ninanews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Accessed on 2020-05-07.
  17. ^ "Iraqi parliament votes to approve Othman al-Ghanimi as interior minister - Al-Ghad TV". Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Accessed on 2020-05-07.
  18. ^ www.rudaw.net https://web.archive.org/web/20210515203654/https://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/070620209. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Accessed on 2021-05-15.
  19. ^ "Iraqi forces close to fully retaking Tal Afar from Islamic State". BBC News Arabic. Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Accessed on 2021-05-15.
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