This is a list of presidents of Iraq since the formation of the First Republic of Iraq in 1958.
List of officeholders
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! rowspan="2" | Elected
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px → 30px • First Republic of Iraq (1958–1968) • 20px → 20px
|-
! style="background:; color:black;" | 1
| 80px
| Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i<br />محمد نجيب الربيعي<br />
| —
| 14 July 1958
| 8 February 1963<br />
|
| Military
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 2
| 80px
| Abdul Salam Arif<br />عبد السلام عارف<br />
| —
| 8 February 1963
| 13 April 1966<br />
|
| Military /<br /> Arab Socialist Union
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | —
| 80px
| Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz<br />عبد الرحمن البزاز<br /><br />
| —
| 13 April 1966
| 16 April 1966
|
| Arab Socialist Union
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 3
| 80px
| Abdul Rahman Arif<br />عبد الرحمن عارف<br />
| —
| 16 April 1966
| 17 July 1968<br />
|
| Military /<br /> Arab Socialist Union
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px → 30px • Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003) • 20px → 20px
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 4
| 80px
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr<br />أحمد حسن البكر<br />
| —
| 17 July 1968
| 16 July 1979<br />
|
| Military /<br /> Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 5
| 80px
| Saddam Hussein<br />صدام حسين<br />
| 1995<br />2002
| 16 July 1979
| 9 April 2003<br />
|
| Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px 30px • Republic of Iraq (2003–2004) • 20px 20px<hr />Coalition Provisional Authority
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | —
| 80px
| Jay Garner<br />جاي غارنر<br /><br />
| —
| 21 April 2003
| 12 May 2003
|
| Republican<br>
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | —
| 80px
| Paul Bremer<br />بول بريمر<br /><br />
| —
| 12 May 2003
| 28 June 2004
|
| Republican<br>
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px → 30px • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • 20px → 20px
|-
! style="background:#00009F; color:white;" | —
| 80px
| Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer<br />غازي مشعل عجيل الياور<br /><br />
| 2004
| 28 June 2004
| 7 April 2005
|
| The Iraqis
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 6
| 80px
| Jalal Talabani<br />جلال طالباني<br />
| 2005<br/>2006<br/>2010
| 7 April 2005
| 24 July 2014
|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 7
| 80px
| Fuad Masum<br />فؤاد معصوم<br />
| 2014
| 24 July 2014
| 2 October 2018
|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 8
| 80px
| Barham Salih<br />برهم صالح<br />
| 2018
| 2 October 2018
| 17 October 2022
|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 9
| 80px
| Abdul Latif Rashid<br />عبد اللطيف رشيد<br />
| 2022
| 17 October 2022
| 12 April 2026
|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
|-
! style="background:; color:white;" | 10
| 80px
| Nizar Amidi<br />نزار آميدي<br />
| 2026
| 12 April 2026
| Incumbent
|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
|}
Timeline
See also
- List of kings of Iraq
- President of Iraq
- Vice President of Iraq
- Prime Minister of Iraq
- List of prime ministers of Iraq