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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)

Government ministry of Iraq


Summary

Government ministry of Iraq

FieldValue
postMinister of Foreign Affairs
reports_toPrime Minister
formation1924
termlengthFour-year term, renewable
appointerCouncil of Representatives
nominatorPrime Minister
seatGreen Zone
departmentMinistry of Foreign Affairs
bodythe Republic of Iraq
member_ofCabinet
incumbentsince6 June 2020
incumbentFuad Hussein
imageSecretary Pompeo and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hussein Deliver Opening Remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue (50244012273) (cropped).jpg
native_nameوزارة الخارجية العراقية
websitehttps://mofa.gov.iq/
insigniasize140px
insigniacaptionEmblem of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq is a central government ministry of Iraq, responsible for formulating foreign policy and conducting foreign relations of the country.

Organisation

Iraq maintains 86 Diplomatic missions worldwide.

List of ministers

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Iraq since 1924:

[[Kingdom of Iraq]] (1921–1958)

  • 1924–1930: the prime ministers
  • 1930–1931: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji
  • 1931–1932: Ja'far al-Askari
  • 1932–1933: Abdul Qadir Rashid
  • 1933–1934: Nuri al-Said
  • 1934: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji
  • 1934: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1934–1936: Nuri al-Said
  • 1936–1937: Naji al-Asil
  • 1937–1938: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1938–1939: Nuri al-Said
  • 1939–1940: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
  • 1940–1941: Nuri al-Said
  • 1941: Ali Mahmud al-Shaykh
  • 1941: Taha al-Hashimi
  • 1941: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1941: Musa al-Shabandar
  • 1941: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
  • 1941–1942: Sayyid Salih Jabr (acting)
  • 1942: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji (acting)
  • 1942: Dawood Al-Haidari (acting)
  • 1942: Nuri al-Said (acting)
  • 1942–1943: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
  • 1943: Nasrat al-Farisi
  • 1943: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
  • 1943–1944: Mahmud Subhi al-Daftari
  • 1944–1945: Arshad al-Umari
  • 1945–1946: Hamdi al-Pachachi
  • 1946: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1946: Ali Mumtaz
  • 1946–1948: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
  • 1948: Hamdi al-Pachachi
  • 1948: Nasrat al-Farisi
  • 1948: Muzahim al-Bajaji
  • 1948–1949: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
  • 1949: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
  • 1949: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
  • 1949: Shakir al-Wadi
  • 1949–1950: Muzahim al-Bajaji
  • 1950: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1950–1951: Shakir al-Wadi
  • 1951: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1951–1952: Shakir al-Wadi
  • 1952: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
  • 1953: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
  • 1953–1954: Abdullah Bakr
  • 1954: Musa al-Shabandar
  • 1954: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
  • 1954–1955: Musa al-Shabander
  • 1955–1957: Burhanuddin Bashayan
  • 1957: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
  • 1957–1958: Burhanuddin Bashayan
  • 1958: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
  • 1958: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi

[[Iraqi Republic (1958–68)|Iraqi Republic]] (1958–1968)

  • 1958–1959: Abdul Jabbar Jomard
  • 1959–1963: Hashem Jawad
  • 1963: Talib Shabib
  • 1963: Salih Mahdi Ammash
  • 1963–1964: Subhi Abdul Hamid
  • 1964–1965: Naji Talib
  • 1965: Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz
  • 1965–1967: Adnan Pachachi
  • 1967–1968: Ismail Khairallah (acting)

[[Ba'athist Iraq]] (1968–2003)

  • 1968: Nasser al-Hani
  • 1968–1971: Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly
  • 1971: Rashid al-Rifai
  • 1971–1974: Murtada Said Abdel Baki al-Hadithi
  • 1974: Shathel Taqa
  • 1974: Hisham al-Shawi (acting)
  • 1974–1983: Sa'dun Hammadi
  • 1983–1991: Tariq Aziz
  • 1991–1992: Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai
  • 1992–2001: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
  • 2001: Tariq Aziz (acting)
  • 2001–2003: Naji Sabri

[[Iraq|Republic of Iraq]] (2004–present)

NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical partyPrime Minister
Hoshyar Zebari[[File:Hoshyar Zebari.jpg60px]]1 September 200311 July 2014
Hussain al-Shahristani (interim)[[File:Hussain al-Shahristani Cropped.jpg60px]]11 July 20148 September 2014
Ibrahim al-Jaafari[[File:Ibrahim al-Jaafari portrait.jpg60px]]8 September 201425 October 2018
Mohamed Ali Alhakim[[File:Mohamed Ali Alhakim.jpg60px]]25 October 201812 May 2020
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (interim)[[File:President Trump Welcomes the Prime Minister of Iraq to the White House (50248640381) (cropped).jpg60px]]12 May 20206 June 2020
Fuad Hussein[[File:Steven Mnuchin and Fuad Hussein at 2019 IMF Meeting (cropped).jpg60px]]6 June 2020Incumbent

References

References

  1. "Foreign ministers E-K". B. Schemmel.
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