List of ministers of defence of Iraq

This is a list of Iraqi defence ministers from 1921 till present.[1][failed verification]

List of ministers of defence

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Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)

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Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
Jafar al-Askari   23 October 1920 16 November 1922 Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
Nuri as-Said 20 November 1922 2 August 1924
Yasin al-Hashimi 2 August 1924 2 June 1925
Nuri as-Said 26 June 1925 8 January 1928
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun 14 January 1928 20 January 1929
Muhammad Amin Zaki 28 April 1929 25 August 1929
Nuri al-Sa’id 19 September 1929 19 March 1930
Jafar al-Askari 23 March 1930 27 October 1932
Rashid al-Khawja 3 November 1932 18 March 1933
Jalal Baban 20 March 1933 28 October 1933

Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

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Name Portrait Term of office Political party President
Abd al-Karim Qasim   14 July 1958 8 February 1963 Independent Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
Salah Mahdi Ammash 8 February 1963 10 November 1963 Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Abdul Salam Arif
Hardan al-Tikriti   10 November 1963 2 March 1964
Tahir Yahya 2 March 1964 3 September 1965 Arab Socialist Union
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq   6 September 1965 16 September 1965 Arab Socialist Union
Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili 21 September 1965 18 April 1966
Shakir Mahmud Shukri 18 April 1966 17 July 1968 Abdul Rahman Arif

Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

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Name Portrait Term of office Political party President
Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Dawoud 17 July 1968 30 July 1968 Independent Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Hardan al-Tikriti   30 July 1968 April 1970 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Hammad Shihab April 1970 30 June 1973 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Abdullah al-Khadduri (acting) 30 June 1973 11 November 1974 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr   11 November 1974 15 October 1977 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Adnan Khairallah   15 October 1977 4 May 1989 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Saddam Hussein
Abdul Jabbar Shanshal 4 May 1989 1990 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Saadi Toma 12 December 1990 6 April 1991 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Ali Hassan al-Majid   1991 1995 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Sultan Hashim   1995 2003 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)

Republic of Iraq (2004–present)

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Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
Ali Allawi   April 2004 June 2004 Independent Ayad Allawi
Hazim al-Shaalan June 2004 1 June 2005 Iraqi National Congress
Saadoun al-Dulaimi   1 June 2005 6 March 2006 Independent Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Abdul Qadir Obeidi   6 March 2006 21 December 2010 Independent Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki   21 December 2010 17 August 2011 State of Law Coalition
Saadoun al-Dulaimi   17 August 2011 18 October 2014 Unity Alliance of Iraq
Khaled al-Obaidi   18 October 2014 19 August 2016 Unity Alliance of Iraq Haider al-Abadi
Othman al-Ghanmi (interim) 19 August 2016 30 January 2017 State of Law Coalition
Erfan al-Hiyali   30 January 2017 24 June 2019[citation needed] State of Law Coalition
Najah al-Shammari   24 June 2019[citation needed] 6 May 2020[2] Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Juma Inad 6 May 2020 Incumbent Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani

References

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  1. ^ "Home". mod.mil.iq.
  2. ^ Mamouri, Ali (May 7, 2020). "Meet Iraq's new Cabinet". Al-Monitor.