Taha al-Hashimi | |
Office: | Prime Minister of Iraq |
Term Start: | 3 February 1941 |
Term End: | 2 May 1941 |
1Blankname: | Regent |
1Namedata: | Prince Abdullah |
Predecessor: | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
Successor: | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
Office2: | President of the United Popular Front |
Vicepresident2: | Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi |
Successor2: | Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi |
Birth Date: | 1888 |
Birth Place: | Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq |
Death Place: | London, United Kingdom |
Party: | United Popular Front |
Relations: | Yasin al-Hashimi(brother) |
Native Name: | طه الهاشمي |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Taha al-Hashimi (Arabic: طه الهاشمي ;1961–1888) was an Iraqi politician and served as Prime Minister of Iraq in 1941.
Al-Hashimi was born in Baghdad in 1888.[1] After his religious education he attended a primary school. He graduated from a military secondary school in 1903.[1] Then he attended the Military College in Istanbul and graduated in 1906. Following his graduation he joined the Ottoman army as an officer.[1] He became a captain in 1909 after completing his studies at the General Staff College.[1]
Al-Hashimi served briefly as the prime minister of Iraq for two months, from 1 February 1941, to 2 May 1941. He was appointed prime minister by the regent, 'Abd al-Ilah, following the first ouster of the pro-Axis government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani during World War II. When Abdul-Illah fled the country, fearing an assassination attempt, Hashimi resigned, and the government reverted to Gaylani. His younger brother, Yassin, was the Iraqi prime minister in 1924 and in 1936.