Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)
| Department overview | |
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| Formed | February 22, 2004 (As modern department) |
| Jurisdiction | Iraq |
| Headquarters | Baghdad |
| Minister responsible | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Website | www.mofa.gov.iq |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Iraq government agency responsible for Foreign relations of Iraq with the International community.
List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
| Name | Picture | Term of Office | Political party and position | Other Ministerial Offices | Prime Minister | |||
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| British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920-1932) | ||||||||
| Yasin al-Hashimi |  |
24 November 1924 | 26 July 1925 | Party of National Brotherhood | Prime Minister | Yasin al-Hashimi | ||
| Abdul Mhsen al-Sadoon |  |
24 November 1924 | 26 July 1925 | Independent | Yasin al-Hashimi | |||
| Jafar al-Askari |  |
21 November 1926 | 18 January 1928 | Military / Covenant Party |
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| Naji al-Suwaidi |  |
18 November 1928 | 13 March 1930 | Independent | ||||
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi |  |
21 April 1929 | 23 March 1931 | Independent | ||||
| Nuri as-Said |  |
23 March 1930 | 10 October 1930 | Independent | ||||
| Abdullah Beg al-Damluji | |
18 October 1930 | 19 October 1931 | Independent | ||||
| Jafar al-Askari | |
19 October 1931 | 3 October 1932 | Military / Covenant Party |
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| Kingdom of Iraq (1932-1958) | ||||||||
| Abdul Qader Rashed | |
3 October 1932 | 18 March 1933 | Independent | ||||
| Naji al-Asil | |
29 October 1936 | 17 August 1937 | Independent | ||||
| Naji al-Asil | |
25 April 1939 | 22 February 1940 | Independent | ||||
| Ali Jawdat al-Ayubi | |
25 April 1939 | 22 February 1940 | Independent | ||||
| Naji al-Suwaidi | |
15 January 1941 | 25 January 1941 | Independent | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani | |||
| Musa al-Shabnder | |
29 January 1941 | 1 February 1941 | Independent | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani | |||
| Taha al-Hashimi |  |
1 February 1941 | 4 February 1941 | Military | Taha al-Hashimi | |||
| Abdullah Beg al-Damluji | |
9 February 1942 | 31 May 1942 | Independent | ||||
| Abdullah Hafudh | |
8 October 1942 | 23 July 1943 | Independent | ||||
| Nasra al-Farisi | |
23 July 1943 | 27 September 1943 | Independent | ||||
| Tahsin al-Askri | |
27 September 1943 | 25 December 1943 | Independent | ||||
| Mahmud Subhi al-Daftry | |
25 December 1943 | 3 July 1944 | Independent | ||||
| Arshad al-Omari | |
3 July 1944 | 25 August 1945 | Independent | ||||
| Hamdi al-Bachachi | |
26 August 1945 | 22 February 1946 | Independent | ||||
| Nasra al-Farisi | |
28 March 1948 | 26 July 1948 | Independent | ||||
| Nasra al-Farisi | |
28 March 1948 | 26 July 1948 | Independent | ||||
| Hamdi al-Bachachi | |
29 January 1948 | 27 March 1948 | Independent | ||||
| Ali Mumtaz al-Daftry | |
21 May 1946 | 30 May 1946 | Independent | ||||
| Ali Mumtaz al-Daftry | |
20 July 1957 | 13 December 1957 | Independent | ||||
| Mohammed Fadhel al-Jamali | |
1 July 1946 | 27 January 1948 | Independent | ||||
| Muzahim al-Pachachi | |
26 July 1948 | 6 October 1948 | Independent | ||||
| Abdullah Hafudh | |
6 January 1949 | 17 March 1949 | Independent | ||||
| Shaker al-Wadi | |
18 August 1949 | 4 November 1949 | Independent | ||||
| Muzahim al-Pachachi | |
10 December 1949 | 5 February 1950 | Independent | ||||
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi | |
5 February 1950 | 15 July 1950 | Independent | ||||
| Shaker al-Wadi | |
15 July 1951 | 9 July 1952 | Military/Constitutional Union Party | Nuri as-Said | |||
| Abdullah Baker | |
17 September 1953 | 8 March 1954 | Independent | Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali | |||
| Musa al-Shabnder | |
3 September 1954 | 7 May 1955 | Independent | Nuri as-Said | |||
| Burhan Alden Aaian | |
7 July 1955 | 20 June 1957 | Independent | Nuri as-Said | |||
| Ali Jawdat al-Ayubi | |
20 July 1957 | 15 December 1957 | Independent | ||||
| Naji al-Asil | |
20 July 1957 | 15 December 1957 | Independent | Nuri as-Said | |||
| Burhan Alden Aaian | |
16 December 1957 | 3 March 1958 | Independent | Ahmad Mukhtar Baban | |||
| Mohammed Fadhel al-Jamali | |
2 March 1958 | 19 May 1958 | Independent | ||||
| Tawfiq al-Suwaidi | |
19 May 1958 | 14 July 1958 (deposed) |
Independent | ||||
| Republic of Iraq (1958-2003) | ||||||||
| Abdul Jabbar al-Jumarad | |
14 July 1958 | 7 February 1959 | Independent | Abd al-Karim Qasim | |||
| Hashim Jwad | |
7 February 1959 | 7 February 1963 (deposed) |
Independent | Abd al-Karim Qasim | |||
| Taleb Shibib | |
8 February 1963 | 17 November 1963 | Ba'ath Party | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |||
| Subhi Abdul Hamed | |
18 November 1963 | 14 November 1964 | Military/Independent | Tahir Yahya | |||
| Naji Talib | |
14 November 1964 | 6 September 1965 | Military / Independent |
Tahir Yahya | |||
| Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz |  |
6 September 1965 | 9 August 1966 | Arab Socialist Union | Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz | |||
| Adnan Pachachi | 18 April 1966 | 10 July 1967 | Arab Socialist Union | Abdul Rahman Arif | ||||
| Ismail Kher Allah | |
11 July 1967 | 16 July 1968 (deposed) |
Arab Socialist Union | Tahir Yahya | |||
| Nasir al-Hani | |
18 July 1968 | 30 July 1968 | Military/Independent | Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif | |||
| Abdul Karim Sheikhli | |
31 July 1968 | 29 September 1971 | Ba'ath Party | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |||
| Murtadha Saeed | |
31 October 1971 | 23 June 1974 | Ba'ath Party | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |||
| Shathel Taqa | |
24 June 1974 | 20 October 1974 | Ba'ath Party | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |||
| Sa'dun Hammadi | |
11 November 1974 | 24 January 1983 | Ba'ath Party | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |||
| Tariq Aziz | 24 January 1983 | 22 March 1991 | Ba'ath Party | Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council | Saddam Hussein | |||
| Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf | |
1992 | 2001 | Ba'ath Party | Saddam Hussein | |||
| Naji Sabri | |
2001 | 9 April 2003 (deposed) |
Ba'ath Party | Saddam Hussein | |||
| Republic of Iraq (2003–Present) | ||||||||
| Hoshyar Zebari |  |
13 July 2003 | 11 July 2014 | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Nouri al-Maliki | |||
| Hussain al-Shahristani |  |
11 July 2014 | 8 September 2014 | State of Law Coalition | Nouri al-Maliki | |||
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari |  |
8 September 2014 | incumbent | National Iraqi Alliance | Haider al-Abadi | |||