Yasin al-Hashimi
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Yasin al-Hashimi | |
4th & 17th Prime Minister of Iraq
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In office August 2, 1924 – June 26, 1925 March 17, 1935 – October 30, 1936 |
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Monarch | Faisal I Ghazi |
Preceded by | Jafar al-Askari Jamil al-Midfai |
Succeeded by | Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun Hikmat Sulayman |
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Born | 1894 |
Died | 1937 |
Yasin al-Hashimi (1894 – 1937) (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.
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Preceded by Jafar al-Askari |
Prime Minister of Iraq August 2, 1924— June 22, 1925 |
Succeeded by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun |
Preceded by Jamil al-Midfai |
Prime Minister of Iraq March 17, 1935— October 30, 1936 |
Succeeded by Hikmat Sulayman |
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