List of presidents of Iraq

This is a list of Presidents of Iraq since 1958.

List

№	Name	Birth–Death	Took office	Left office	Political Party
• Iraqi Republic (Pre-Ba'ath Party) (1958–1968) •
1	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i محمد نجيب الربيعي	1904–1965	14 July 1958	8 February 1963^[1]	Military
2	Abdul Salam Arif عبد السلام عارف	1921–1966	8 February 1963	13 April 1966^[2]	Military / Arab Socialist Union
—	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz عبد الرحمن البزاز Acting President	1913–1973	13 April 1966	16 April 1966	Arab Socialist Union
3	Abdul Rahman Arif عبد الرحمن عارف	1916–2007	16 April 1966	17 July 1968^[3]	Military / Arab Socialist Union
• Iraqi Republic (Under Ba'ath Party) (1968–2003) •
4	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر	1914–1982	17 July 1968	16 July 1979	Military / Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
5	Saddam Hussein صدام حسين	1937–2006	16 July 1979	9 April 2003^[4]	Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region)
• Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) •
—	Coalition Provisional Authority (Leader: Jay Garner, then later Paul Bremer)	—	21 April 2003	28 August 2004	—
• Republic of Iraq (2004–present) •
—	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور Acting President	1958–	28 June 2004	7 April 2005	The Iraqis
6	Jalal Talabani جلال طلباني	1933–	7 April 2005	24 July 2014	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
7	Fuad Masum فؤاد معصوم	1938–	24 July 2014	Incumbent	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan