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From 1920 to 1932 the Prime Minister was appointed by the King of Iraq, and usually held office for a single year before being replaced.
| Name | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al Gillani | 11 November 1920 | 20 November 1922 | |
| Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (1st time) | 20 November 1922 | 22 November 1923 | Military |
| Jafar al-Askari (1st time) | 22 November 1923 | 2 August 1924 | Military |
| Yasin al-Hashimi (1st time) | 2 August 1924 | 26 June 1925 | Military/People's Party (Sha'b) |
| Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (2nd time) | 26 June 1925 | 21 November 1926 | Military/Progressive Party (Taqqadum) |
| Jafar al-Askari (2nd time) | 21 November 1926 | 11 January 1928 | Military/Covenant Party |
| Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (3rd time) | 11 January 1928 | 28 April 1929 | Military/Progressive Party (Taqqadum) |
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (1st time) | 28 April 1929 | 19 September 1929 | |
| Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (4th time) | 19 September 1929 | 13 November 1929 | |
| Ibrahim Naji al-Suwaidi | 18 November 1929 | 23 March 1930 | |
| Nuri as-Said (1st time) | 23 March 1930 | 3 November 1932 | Military/Covenant Party |
From 1932 to 1958 the Prime Minister was appointed by the King of Iraq, and usually held office for a single year before being replaced.
| Name | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naji Shawkat | 3 November 1932 | 20 March 1933 | |
| Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (1st time) | 20 March 1933 | 9 November 1933 | Party of National Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikha al-Watani) |
| Jamil al-Midfai (1st time) | 9 November 1933 | 27 August 1934 | Military |
| Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (1st time) | 27 August 1934 | 4 March 1935 | Military |
| Jamil al-Midfai (2nd time) | 4 March 1935 | 17 March 1935 | Military |
| Yasin al-Hashimi (2nd time) | 17 March 1935 | 30 October 1936 | Military/Party of National Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikha al-Watani) |
| Hikmat Sulayman | 30 October 1936 | 17 August 1937 | Party of National Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikha al-Watani) |
| Jamil al-Midfai (3rd time) | 17 August 1937 | 25 December 1938 | Military |
| Nuri as-Said (2nd time) | 25 December 1938 | 31 March 1940 | Military/Covenant Party |
| Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (2nd time) | 31 March 1940 | 3 February 1941 | Party of National Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikha al-Watani) |
| Taha al-Hashimi | 3 February 1941 | 13 April 1941 | Military |
| Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (3rd time) | 13 April 1941 | 30 May 1941 | Party of National Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikha al-Watani) |
| Jamil al-Midfai (4th time) | 4 June 1941 | 10 October 1941 | Military |
| Nuri as-Said (3rd time) | 10 October 1941 | 4 June 1944 | Military/Covenant Party |
| Hamdi al-Pachachi | 4 June 1944 | 23 February 1946 | |
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (2nd time) | 23 February 1946 | 1 June 1946 | Liberal Party (Ahsar) |
| Arshad al-Umari (1st time) | 1 June 1946 | 21 November 1946 | |
| Nuri as-Said (4th time) | 21 November 1946 | 29 March 1947 | Military/Covenant Party/Constitutional Union Party (al-Ittihad al-Dusturi) |
| Sayyid Salih Jabr | 29 March 1947 | 29 January 1948 | Nation's Socialist Party (al-Ummah al-Ishtiraki) |
| Sayyid Muhammad as-Sadr | 29 January 1948 | 26 June 1948 | |
| Muzahim al-Pachachi | 26 June 1948 | 6 January 1949 | |
| Nuri as-Said (5th time) | 6 January 1949 | 10 December 1949 | Military/Constitutional Union Party (al-Ittihad al-Dusturi) |
| Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (2nd time) | 10 December 1949 | 5 February 1950 | Military |
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (3rd time) | 5 February 1950 | 15 September 1950 | |
| Nuri as-Said (6th time) | 15 September 1950 | 12 July 1952 | Military/Constitutional Union Party (al-Ittihad al-Dusturi) |
| Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari | 12 July 1952 | 23 November 1952 | |
| Nureddin Mahmud | 23 November 1952 | 29 January 1953 | Military |
| Jamil al-Midfai (5th time) | 29 January 1953 | 17 September 1953 | Military |
| Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali | 17 September 1953 | 29 April 1954 | |
| Arshad al-Umari (2nd time) | 29 April 1954 | 4 August 1954 | |
| Nuri as-Said (7th time) | 4 August 1954 | 20 June 1957 | Military/Constitutional Union Party (al-Ittihad al-Dusturi) |
| Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (3rd time) | 20 June 1957 | 15 December 1957 | Military/United National Front |
| Abdul-Wahab Mirjan | 15 December 1957 | 3 March 1958 | |
| Nuri as-Said (8th time) | 3 March 1958 | 18 May 1958 | Military[1] |
| Ahmad Mukhtar Baban | 18 May 1958 | 14 July 1958 (deposed) |
After the republican revolution of 1958, the PM became appointed by the President of Iraq and served much longer terms, although in many circumstances the President held both the PM's office and Presidency simultaneously.
| Name | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Karim Qassim | 14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 (deposed) | Military |
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1st time) | 8 February 1963 | 18 November 1963 | Military/Ba'ath Party |
| Tahir Yahya (1st time) | 20 November 1963 | 6 September 1965 | Military/Arab Socialist Union |
| Arif Abd ar-Razzaq | 6 September 1965 | 21 September 1965 | Military/Arab Socialist Union |
| Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz | 21 September 1965 | 9 August 1966 | |
| Naji Talib | 9 August 1966 | 10 May 1967 | |
| Abd ar-Rahman Arif (also President) | 10 May 1967 | 10 July 1967 | Military/Arab Socialist Union |
| Tahir Yahya (2nd time) | 10 July 1967 | 17 July 1968 (deposed) | Military/Arab Socialist Union |
| Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif | 17 July 1968 | 30 July 1968 | Military |
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (2nd time, also President) | 31 July 1968 | 16 July 1979 | Military/Ba'ath Party |
| Saddam Hussein (1st time, also President) | 16 July 1979 | 23 March 1991 | Ba'ath Party |
| Sa'dun Hammadi | 23 March 1991 | 13 September 1991 | Ba'ath Party |
| Muhammad Hamzah az-Zubaydi | 16 September 1991 | 5 September 1993 | Ba'ath Party |
| Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai | 5 September 1993 | 29 May 1994 | Ba'ath Party |
| Saddam Hussein (2nd time, also President) | 29 May 1994 | 9 April 2003 (deposed) | Ba'ath Party |
The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) was a caretaker government that held executive, legislative, and judicial power over Iraqi affairs from 2003 to 2004. It grew out of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), which was established by the U.S. government prior to its March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein during the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, an interim council ran Iraq under the American-led Coalition Provisional Authority. The council decided to have a 9-member collective presidency, in which formal chairmanship of the group would rotate on a monthly basis.
See also Presidents of Iraqi Governing Council
The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to rule Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was organized following the Iraqi National Assembly election. The position of Prime Minister was selected to be the Head of the Government
| Name | Portrait | Took Office | Left Office | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iyad Allawi |  |
28 May 2004 | 7 April 2005 | Iraqi National Accord |
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari |  |
7 April 2005 | 20 May 2006 | Islamic Dawa Party |
| Nouri al-Maliki |  |
20 May 2006 | Present | Islamic Dawa Party |
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