Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department overview
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
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
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
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

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