This is a list of prime ministers of Iraq since 1920.
List of officeholders
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name<br />
! rowspan="2" | Election
! colspan="3" | Term of office
! rowspan="2" | Political party
! rowspan="2" | Head of State<br />
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| colspan="9" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px 30px • Kingdom of Iraq (under the British Mandate) (1920–1932) • 20px
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani<br />عبد الرحمن الكيلاني<br />
| —
| 11 November 1920
| 20 November 1922
|
| Independent
! rowspan="11" style="font-weight:normal" |Faisal I<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun<br />عبد المحسن السعدون<br />
| —
| 20 November 1922
| 22 November 1923
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ja'far al-Askari<br />جعفر العسكري<br />
| —
| 22 November 1923
| 2 August 1924
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Yasin al-Hashimi<br />ياسين الهاشمي<br />
| —
| 2 August 1924
| 26 June 1925
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:Grey" |
| 80px
| Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun<br />عبد المحسن السعدون<br />
| 1925
| 26 June 1925
| 21 November 1926
|
| Progressive Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ja'far al-Askari<br />جعفر العسكري<br />
| —
| 21 November 1926
| 11 January 1928
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun<br />عبد المحسن السعدون<br />
| 1928
| 11 January 1928
| 28 April 1929
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi<br />توفيق السويدي<br />
| —
| 28 April 1929
| 19 September 1929
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul Muhsin al-Sa'dun<br />عبد المحسن السعدون<br />
| —
| 19 September 1929
| 13 November 1929<br />
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Naji Al-Suwaidi<br />ناجي السويدي<br />
| —
| 18 November 1929
| 23 March 1930
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:Black" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| 1930
| 23 March 1930
| 3 November 1932
|
| Party of the Covenant
|
| Independent
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:" |
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| rowspan=2|1939
| rowspan=2|25 December 1938
| rowspan=2|31 March 1940<br />
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|Military / Independent
|-
! rowspan="27" style="font-weight:normal" |Faisal II<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Rashid Ali al-Gaylani<br />رشيد عالي الكيلاني<br />
| —
| 31 March 1940
| 3 February 1941
|
| Party of National Brotherhood
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Taha al-Hashimi<br />طه الهاشمي<br />
| —
| 3 February 1941
| 13 April 1941<br />
|
| Military
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Rashid Ali al-Gaylani<br />رشيد عالي الكيلاني<br />
| —
| 13 April 1941
| 30 May 1941<br />
|
| Party of National Brotherhood
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Jamil Al Midfai<br />جميل المدفعي<br />
| —
| 4 June 1941
| 10 October 1941
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| 1943
| 10 October 1941
| 4 June 1944
|
| Military / Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Hamdi al-Pachachi<br />حمدي الباجه جي<br />
| —
| 4 June 1944
| 23 February 1946
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi<br />توفيق السويدي<br />
| —
| 23 February 1946
| 1 June 1946
|
| Liberal Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Arshad al-Umari<br />أرشد العمري<br />
| —
| 1 June 1946
| 21 November 1946
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| —
| 21 November 1946
| 29 March 1947
|
| Military / Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Salih Jabr<br />سيد صالح جبر<br />
| 1946–47
| 29 March 1947
| 29 January 1948
|
| Socialist Nation Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Mohammad al-Sadr<br />سيد محمد الصدر<br />
| —
| 29 January 1948
| 26 June 1948
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Muzahim al-Pachachi<br />مزاحم الباجه جي<br />
| 1948
| 26 June 1948
| 6 January 1949
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| —
| 6 January 1949
| 10 December 1949
|
| Military /<br /> Constitutional Union Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi<br />علي جودت الأيوبي<br />
| —
| 10 December 1949
| 5 February 1950
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi<br />توفيق السويدي<br />
| —
| 5 February 1950
| 15 September 1950
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| —
| 15 September 1950
| 12 July 1952
|
| Military /<br /> Constitutional Union Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari<br />مصطفى محمود العمري<br />
| —
| 12 July 1952
| 23 November 1952
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nureddin Mahmud<br />نور الدين محمود<br />
| —
| 23 November 1952
| 29 January 1953
|
| Military
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Jamil Al Midfai<br />جميل المدفعي<br />
| 1953
| 29 January 1953
| 17 September 1953
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali<br />محمد فاضل الجمالي<br />
| —
| 17 September 1953
| 29 April 1954
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Arshad al-Umari<br />أرشد العمري<br />
| 1954
| 29 April 1954
| 4 August 1954
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| 1954
| 4 August 1954
| 20 June 1957
|
| Military /<br /> Constitutional Union Party
|-
! style="background:#ADD8E6" |
| 80px
| Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi<br />علي جودت الأيوبي<br />
| —
| 20 June 1957
| 15 December 1957
|
| United National Front
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul-Wahab Mirjan<br />عبد الوهاب مرجان<br />
| —
| 15 December 1957
| 3 March 1958
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Nuri al-Said<br />نوري السعيد<br />
| —
| 3 March 1958
| 18 May 1958
|
| Military /<br /> Constitutional Union Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ahmad Mukhtar Baban<br />أحمد مختار بابان<br />
| 1958
| 18 May 1958
| 14 July 1958<br />
|
| Independent
|-
| colspan="9" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px → 30px • First Republic of Iraq (1958–1968) • 20px → 20px
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul-Karim Qasim<br />عبد الكريم قاسم<br />
| —
| 14 July 1958
| 8 February 1963<br />
|
| Military
! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr<br />أحمد حسن البكر<br />
| —
| 8 February 1963
| 18 November 1963<br />
|
| Military /<br /> Ba'ath Party<br>
! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal" |Abdul Salam Arif<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Tahir Yahya<br />طاهر يحيى<br />
| —
| 20 November 1963
| 6 September 1965
|
| Military /<br /> Arab Socialist Union
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Arif Abdul Razzaq<br />عارف عبد الرزاق<br />
| —
| 6 September 1965
| 21 September 1965
|
| Military /<br /> Arab Socialist Union
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz<br />عبد الرحمن البزاز<br />
| —
| 21 September 1965
| 9 August 1966
|
| Arab Socialist Union
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Naji Talib<br />ناجي طالب<br />
| —
| 9 August 1966
| 10 May 1967
|
| Military
! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Abdul Rahman Arif<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul Rahman Arif<br />عبد الرحمن عارف<br />
| —
| 10 May 1967
| 10 July 1967
|
| Military /<br /> Arab Socialist Union
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Tahir Yahya<br />طاهر يحيى<br />
| —
| 10 July 1967
| 17 July 1968<br />
|
| Military /<br /> Arab Socialist Union
|-
| colspan="9" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px → 30px • Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003) • 20px → 20px
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul Razzaq an-Naif<br />عبد الرزاق النايف<br />
| —
| 17 July 1968
| 30 July 1968
|
| Military
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr<br />أحمد حسن البكر<br />
| —
| 31 July 1968
| 16 July 1979<br />
|
| Military /<br /> Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Saddam Hussein<br />صدام حسين<br />
| 1980<br />1984<br />1989
| 16 July 1979
| 23 March 1991
|
| Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
! rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal" |Saddam Hussein<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Sa'dun Hammadi<br />سعدون حمادي<br />
| —
| 23 March 1991
| 13 September 1991
|
| Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi<br />محمد حمزة الزبيدي<br />
| —
| 16 September 1991
| 5 September 1993
|
| Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ahmad Husayn<BR>Khudayir as-Samarrai<br />أحمد حسين خضير السامرائي<br />
| —
| 5 September 1993
| 29 May 1994
|
| Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Saddam Hussein<br />صدام حسين<br />
| 1996<br />2000
| 29 May 1994
| 9 April 2003<br />
|
| Iraqi Ba'ath Party<br>
|-
| colspan="9" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px 30px • Republic of Iraq (2003–2004) • 20px 20px<hr />Coalition Provisional Authority
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom<br />محمد بحر العلوم<br />
| —
| 13 July 2003
| 31 July 2003
|
| Independent
! rowspan="12" style="font-weight:normal" |Coalition Provisional Authority<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari<br />إبراهيم الجعفري<br />
| —
| 1 August 2003
| 31 August 2003
|
| Islamic Dawa Party
|-
! style="background:#D2FF78" |
| 80px
| Ahmed al-Chalabi<br />أحمد جلبي<br />
| —
| 1 September 2003
| 30 September 2003
|
| Iraqi National Congress
|-
! style="background:#00009F" |
| 80px
| Ayad Allawi<br />إياد علاوي<br />
| —
| 1 October 2003
| 31 October 2003
|
| Iraqi National Accord
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Jalal Talabani<br />جلال طلباني<br />
| —
| 1 November 2003
| 30 November 2003
|
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Abdul Aziz al-Hakim<br />عبد العزيز الحكيم<br />
| —
| 1 December 2003
| 31 December 2003
|
| Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
|-
! style="background:#00CCFF" |
| 80px
| Adnan al-Pachachi<br />عدنان بجاجي<br />
| —
| 1 January 2004
| 31 January 2004
|
| Assembly of Independent Democrats
|-
! style="background:#66CC66" |
| 80px
| Mohsen Abdel Hamid<br />محسن عبد الحميد<br />
| —
| 1 February 2004
| 29 February 2004
|
| Iraqi Islamic Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom<br />محمد بحر العلوم<br />
| —
| 1 March 2004
| 31 March 2004
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Masoud Barzani<br />مسعود برزاني<br />
| —
| 1 April 2004
| 30 April 2004
|
| Kurdistan Democratic Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ezzedine Salim<br />عز الدين سليم<br />
| —
| 1 May 2004
| 17 May 2004<br />
|
| Islamic Dawa Party
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer<br />غازي مشعل عجيل الياور<br />
| —
| 17 May 2004
| 1 June 2004
|
| Independent
|-
| colspan="9" bgcolor="lightgrey" |30px → 30px • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • 20px → 20px
|-
! style="background:#00009F" |
| 80px
| Ayad Allawi<br />إياد علاوي<br />
| —
| 1 June 2004
| 3 May 2005
|
| Iraqi National Accord
! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari<br />إبراهيم الجعفري<br />
| 2005
| 3 May 2005
| 20 May 2006
|
| Islamic Dawa Party
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |Jalal Talabani<br />80px<br />
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:" |
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Nouri al-Maliki<br />نوري المالكي<br />
| rowspan=2| 2005<br />2010
| rowspan=2|20 May 2006
| rowspan=2|8 September 2014
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|Islamic Dawa Party
|-
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |Fuad Masum<br />80px<br />
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:" |
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Haider al-Abadi<br />حيدر العبادي<br />
| rowspan=2|2014
| rowspan=2|8 September 2014
| rowspan=2|25 October 2018
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|Victory Alliance
|-
! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Barham Salih<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Adil Abdul-Mahdi<br />عادل عبد المهدي<br />
| 2018
| 25 October 2018
| 7 May 2020
|
| Independent
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Mustafa Al-Kadhimi<br />مصطفي الکاظمي<br />
| —
| 7 May 2020
| 27 October 2022
|
| Independent
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:" |
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani<br />محمد شياع السوداني<br />
| rowspan=2|2021
| rowspan=2|27 October 2022
| rowspan=2|14 May 2026
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|Furatayn Movement<br>
! style="font-weight:normal" |Abdul Latif Rashid<br />80px<br />
|-
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |Nizar Amidi<br />80px<br />
|-
! style="background:" |
| 80px
| Ali al-Zaidi<br />علي الزيدي<br />
| 2025
| rowspan=2|14 May 2026
| rowspan=2|Incumbent
| rowspan=2|
| Independent<br>
|}
Timeline
See also
- List of kings of Iraq
- President of Iraq
- List of presidents of Iraq
- Vice President of Iraq