Iraq: Heads of State: 1958-2003 Ra’īs Majlis al-Siyāda 14 Jul 1958 - 8 Feb 1963 Muḥammad Najīb al-Rūbā‘ī Ra’īs al-Jumhūriyya 8 Feb 1963 - 13 Apr 1966 ‘Abd al-Salām Muḥammad ‘Ārif Ra’īs al-Wuzarā’ (ex officio) 13 Apr 1966 - 16 Apr 1966 ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Bazzāz Ra’īs al-Jumhūriyya 16 Apr 1966 - 17 Jul 1968 ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad ‘Ārif 17 Jul 1968 - 16 Jul 1979 Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr 16 Jul 1979 - 9 Apr 2003 Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī Last updated on: 26 Jun 2009 10:40:40
