Chamber of Deputies of Iraq

The Chamber of Deputies of Iraq (Majlis an-Nuwwab) was the elected lower house of the bicameral parliament established by the Mandatory Iraq's 1925 constitution. There were initially 87 deputies, who were elected[1] The Chamber of Deputies remained in existence until the 1958 revolution. The number of deputies was later increased to 141.

Presidents of the Constituent Assembly edit

Name Took office Left office Notes
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun March 1924 2 August 1924 [2]

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies edit

Name Took office Left office Notes
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani July 1925 8 May 1926 [3]
Hikmat Sulayman 8 May 1926 1 November 1926 [4]
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani 1 November 1926 21 November 1926 [5]
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun 27 November 1926 19 January 1928 [6]
Abdul Aziz al-Qassab 19 January 1928 30 April 1929 [7]
Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun 30 April 1929 2 November 1929 [8]
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi 2 November 1929 1 November 1930 [9]
Jafar al-Askari 1 November 1930 December 1930 [10]
Jamil Al-Madfai December 1930 1 November 1931 [11][12]
Jafar al-Askari 1 November 1931 30 November 1931 [13]
Jamil Al-Madfai 30 November 1931 November 1933 [14][15]
Rashid Al-Khojah November 1933 February 1934 [15]
Salman Al-Barrak 1934 1934
Rashid Al-Khojah 29 December 1934 March 1935 [15]
Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi March 1935 August 1935 [4][16]
Muhammad Zaki Mahmud 4 August 1935 October 1936 - ? [17]
Nasrat al-Farisi ? ? [12]
Fakhri al-Jamil 27 February 1937 ? [18]
Mawlud Mukhlis December 1937 November 1941 [19]
Hamdi al-Pachachi November 1941 December 1943 [20][21]
al Fariq Salih Saib December 1943 December 1943 [22]
Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi December 1943 December 1944 [23][24]
Muhammad Hassan Kubba December 1944 December 1944 [25]
Muhammad Amin Zaki December 1944 June 1946 [26]
? ? ?
Abdul Aziz al-Qassab 17 March 1947 December 1948
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) December 1948 September 1950
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Fadel Al-Jamali) October 1950 1 December 1951 [21]
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) 1 December 1951 27 October 1952 [27]
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Fadel Al-Jamali) 24 January 1953 September 1953
? ? ?
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) 1 December 1953 29 April 1954
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) 26 July 1954 3 August 1954
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) 16 September 1954 20 June 1957
Izzuddin Mulla 1957 1958 [28]
Khalil Kannah 14 February 1958 10 May 1958 [29]
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (Abdul Wahhab Marjam) 10 May 1958 14 July 1958 [30]

See also edit

References edit

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