Arif Abd ar-Razzaq

Arif Abd ar-Razzaq
50th Prime Minister of Iraq 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
In office September 6, 1965 – September 21, 1965
President	Abdul Salam Arif
Preceded by	Tahir Yahya
Succeeded by	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Personal details
Born	1921 Ramadi, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	30 March 2007 (aged 86) Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	Iraqi
Political party	Arab Nationalist Movement
Children	Rafi Razzak
Religion	Sunni Islam

Arif Abd ar-Razzaq or Aref Abdel Razzak (Arabic: عارف عبد الرزاق; l921–2007) was Prime Minister of Iraq for 11 days in September 1965. On September 17 he fled to Egypt, after participating in a failed coup d'état against President Abdul Salam Arif. On 12 June 1966 he led another unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the new government of Premier Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz and President Abdul Rahman Arif.^[1]

References

Prime Ministers of Iraq (List) British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920–1932) al Gillani as-Sa'dun† al-Askari† al-Hashimi† Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Naji al-Suwaydi as-Said† Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958) Shawkat al-Gaylani al-Midfai† al-Aiyubi† al-Hashimi† Sulayman as-Said† H. Pachachi Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Arshad al-Umari Jabr as-Sadr Muzahim al-Pachachi Mustafa al-Umari Mahmud† al-Jamali Arshad al-Umari Mirjan Baban Republic of Iraq (1958–2003) Qasim† al-Bakr† Yahya† ar-Razzaq† al-Bazzaz† Talib Arif† Yahya† an-Naif† al-Bakr Hussein Hammadi Zubeidi as-Samarrai Hussein Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) al-Ulloum* al-Jaafari Chalabi Allawi Talabani al-Hakim A. Pachachi Hamid al-Ulloum Barzani Salim al-Yawer Republic of Iraq (since 2004) Allawi* al-Jaafari al-Maliki al-Abadi * interim † military