Arif Abd ar-Razzaq explained

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]

The Man of Coups in Iraq

He participated in most of the coups which occurred in Iraq during his military service:

  1. The 14th of July 1958 coup Although he was the pilot of the royal family at that time.
  2. Ramadan Revolution 1963
  3. November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état. From November 1963 until March 1964 he was Minister of Agriculture for Iraq. From March 1964 until July 1965 he was Commander of the Air Forces.[2]
  4. Arif Abd ar-Razzaq first coup 1965
  5. Arif Abd ar-Razzaq second coup 1966 which was foiled in Mosul by Khaleel Jassim and Kareem Shindana.

Notes and References

  1. David Lea, A Political Chronology of the Middle East, Europa Publications Limited, 2001, page 73
  2. 'Who's Who in the Middle East and North Africa', The Middle East and North Africa 1965-66, Europa Publications Limited, 1965, p.723.