Find out more about the greatest Iraqi Political Leaders, including Saddam Hussein, Jalal Talabani, Ahmed Chalabi, Mohammed Hadid and Nouri al-Maliki.
Saddam Hussein28 April 1937
Dictator & President of Iraq
Uday Hussein18 June 1964
Saddam Hussein’s Son
Nouri al-Maliki20 June 1950
Former Prime Minister of Iraq
Haider al-Abadi1952 AD
75th Prime Minister of Iraq
Ahmed Chalabi30 October 1944
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Muqtada al-Sadr12 August 1973
Politician
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf1940 AD
politician, diplomat, journalist
Faisal II of Iraq02 May 1935
King
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr01 July 1914
Politician, Military personnel
Tariq Aziz28 April 1936
Politician, Diplomat, Journalist
Ali Hassan al-Majid30 November 1941
politician
Jalal Talabani12 November 1933
Politician, Jurist, Lawyer
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri01 July 1942
Politician, Military personnel
Masoud Barzani16 August 1946
Politician
Abd al-Karim Qasim21 November 1914
Military personnel
Mohammed Hadid01 January 1907
politician
EsarhaddonSennacherib's son, king
Ur-NammuKing
Adnan Khairallah
Shalmaneser III0880 BC
Ashurnasirpal II's son
Ibrahim al-Jaafari25 March 1947
Politician, Diplomat
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr23 March 1941
theologian
Masrour Barzani02 March 1969
Prime Minister
Tiglath-Pileser I1114 BC
Nuri as-Said30 November 1888
Politician
Shalmaneser I1274 BC
King
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum
Hoshyar Zebari
Abdul Karim Qassim21 November 1914
Political leader
Rafi al-Issawi02 March 1966
Politician
Mustafa al-Barzani14 March 1903
Politician
Muqtada al Sadr12 August 1974
Politician
Nur ad-Din31 January 1118
Emir
Tiglat-pileser III0780 BC
King