| Office: | Prime Minister of Iraq |
| Term Start: | 9 November 1933 |
| Term End: | 27 August 1934 |
| Predecessor: | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
| Successor: | Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi |
| Term Start2: | 4 March 1935 |
| Term End2: | 17 March 1935 |
| Monarch2: | Ghazi I |
| Predecessor2: | Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi |
| Successor2: | Yasin al-Hashimi |
| Term Start3: | 17 August 1937 |
| Term End3: | 25 December 1938 |
| Monarch3: | Ghazi I |
| Predecessor3: | Hikmat Sulayman |
| Successor3: | Nuri al-Said |
| Term Start4: | 4 June 1941 |
| Term End4: | 10 October 1941 |
| Monarch4: | Faisal II |
| 1Blankname4: | Regent |
| 1Namedata4: | Prince Abdullah |
| Predecessor4: | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
| Successor4: | Nuri al-Said |
| Term Start5: | 29 January 1953 |
| Term End5: | 17 September 1953 |
| Monarch5: | Faisal II |
| 1Blankname5: | Regent |
| 1Namedata5: | Prince Abdullah |
| Predecessor5: | Nureddin Mahmud |
| Successor5: | Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali |
| Birth Place: | Mosul, Iraq |
| Native Name: | جميل المدفعي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
Jamil Al Midfai (Arabic: جميل المدفعي; (1958 – 1890)) was an Iraqi politician. He served as the country's prime minister on five separate occasions.
Born in the town of Mosul, Midfai served in the Ottoman army during World War I, but deserted in 1916 to take part in the nationalist Arab Revolt. After the war, he was an aide to the Emir Faisal during his brief reign in Syria. He returned to Iraq in 1920, but was soon forced into exile in Jordan because of his anti-British nationalist activities. Upon his return in 1923, he served in various senior provincial capacities and finally joined the cabinet in 1930.
He was elected as the president of the Chamber of Deputies from December 1930 to November 1931, and from November 1931 to November 1933.[1] [2]
As a seasoned politician and two-time prime minister, he was asked to form a new government in August 1937, following the assassination of General Bakr Sidqi, who had ruled the country as a military dictator for almost a year. A staunch monarchist, Midfai was again forced into exile to Transjordan following the short-lived pro-Axis coup by Rashid Ali al-Kaylani in 1941.
Upon his return to Iraq, he served in various senior capacities including President of the Senate of Iraq in the 1950s,[3] and briefly as prime minister after the suspension of political activities during the Iraqi Intifada. He died on 26 October 1958 suffering from lung cancer.[4]
When the Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah came back to Baghdad in 1 June 1941, He summoned Midfai to Him and after careful consultations, the opinion settled on Midfai to form a new government, so the Prince sent Him the following letter:The circumstances in which Al-Madfai was tasked with forming his fifth cabinet were strict and required the appointment of ministers and determining their responsibilities so quickly that he could not think about the extent of the cooperation that would take place between him and his associates in the management of state affairs in these circumstances.And accordingly, the royal will was issued on the second day of June 1941 to appoint:[5]
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Interior
Minister of Defense
Minister of Finance and Minister of Justice
Minister of Works and Communications
Minister of economy
Minister of Knowledge.