Yasin al-Hashimi

Yasin al-Hashimi
4th & 17th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
August 2, 1924 – June 26, 1925
March 17, 1935 – October 30, 1936
Monarch Faisal I
Ghazi
Preceded by Jafar al-Askari
Jamil al-Midfai
Succeeded by Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Hikmat Sulayman
Personal details
Born 1882 (1882)
Died 1937 (1938)
Political party Party of National Brotherhood (during 2nd term)
Relations Younger brother of Taha al-Hashimi, Prime Minister of Iraq 1941.

Yasin al-Hashimi (1882[1] – 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 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. His older brother, Taha was Prime Minister of Iraq in 1941.

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Political offices
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