Arif Abd ar-Razzaq | |
Order: | Prime Minister of Iraq |
Term Start: | 6 September 1965 |
Term End: | 21 September 1965 |
President: | Abdul Salam Arif |
Predecessor: | Tahir Yahya |
Successor: | Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz |
Birth Date: | 1921 |
Birth Place: | Kubaysah, Kingdom of Iraq |
Death Date: | 30 March 2007 (aged 86) |
Death Place: | Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
Nationality: | Iraqi |
Party: | Arab Socialist Union Arab Nationalist Movement |
Children: | Rafi Razzak |
Profession: | Combat pilot Politician |
Allegiance: | Iraq |
Serviceyears: | 1939–1967 |
Commands: | Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Air Force |
Branch: | Air Force |
Office2: | Minister of Agriculture |
Termstart2: | November 1963 |
Termend2: | March 1964 |
Battles: | World War II 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1967 Six Day War |
Rank: | Brigadier |
Honorific Prefix: | Brigadier |
Primeminister2: | Tahir Yahya |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Native Name: | عارف عبد الرزاق |
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq (Arabic: عارف عبد الرزاق; 1921 – 30 March 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]
He participated in most of the coups which occurred in Iraq during his military service: