This is a list of Iraqi defence ministers from 1921 till present.[1][failed verification]
List of ministers of defence edit
Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958) edit
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| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jafar al-Askari | 
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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) edit
| 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) edit
| 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) edit
| 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 | |||
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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 edit
- ^ "Home". mod.mil.iq.
- ^ Mamouri, Ali (May 7, 2020). "Meet Iraq's new Cabinet". Al-Monitor.