Yasin al-Hashimi

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Yasin al-Hashimi

In office
August 2, 1924 – June 26, 1925
March 17, 1935October 30, 1936
Monarch Faisal I
Ghazi
Preceded by Jafar al-Askari
Jamil al-Midfai
Succeeded by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Hikmat Sulayman

Born 1894
Died 1937

Yasin al-Hashimi (18941937) (Arabic: ياسين الهاشمى ) was an Iraqi politician who served twice as that country's prime minister. Like many of Iraq's early leaders, Hashimi, who was born Yasin Hilmi Salman, served as an officer during Ottoman control of the country. He made his political debut under the government of his predecessor, Jafar al-Askari and replaced Askari as prime minister shortly after, in August of 1924.

Hashimi served for ten months before he was replaced, in turn by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun. Over the next ten years he filled a variety of governmental positions finally returning to the office of prime minister in 1935. On October 30, 1936 Hashimi had the dubious distinction of being the first Iraqi prime minister deposed in a coup, led by General Bakr Sidqi and a coalition of ethnic minorities. Unlike Askari, who was then his minister of defense, Hashimi survived the coup and made his way to Damascus, Syria, where he died two months later.

Political offices
Preceded by
Jafar al-Askari
Prime Minister of Iraq
August 2, 1924June 22, 1925
Succeeded by
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Preceded by
Jamil al-Midfai
Prime Minister of Iraq
March 17, 1935October 30, 1936
Succeeded by
Hikmat Sulayman
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