Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq is a cabinet ministry of Iraq, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq | |
|---|---|
| وزارة الخارجية العراقية | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | President of the Republic Prime Minister |
| Seat | Green Zone |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Council of Representatives |
| Term length | Four-year term, renewable |
| Formation | 1924 |
| Website | https://mofa.gov.iq/ |
Organisation
editIraq maintains 86 Diplomatic missions worldwide.
List of ministers
editThe following is a list of foreign ministers of Iraq since 1924:[1]
Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)
edit- 1924–1930: the prime ministers
- 1930–1931: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji
- 1931–1932: Ja'far al-Askari
- 1932–1933: Abdul Qadir Rashid
- 1933–1934: Nuri al-Said
- 1934: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji
- 1934: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1934–1936: Nuri al-Said
- 1936–1937: Naji al-Asil
- 1937–1938: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1938–1939: Nuri al-Said
- 1939–1940: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
- 1940–1941: Nuri al-Said
- 1941: Ali Mahmud al-Shaykh
- 1941: Taha al-Hashimi
- 1941: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1941: Musa al-Shabandar
- 1941: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
- 1941–1942: Sayyid Salih Jabr (acting)
- 1942: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji (acting)
- 1942: Dawood Al-Haidari (acting)
- 1942: Nuri al-Said (acting)
- 1942–1943: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
- 1943: Nasrat al-Farisi
- 1943: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
- 1943–1944: Mahmud Subhi al-Daftari
- 1944–1945: Arshad al-Umari
- 1945–1946: Hamdi al-Pachachi
- 1946: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1946: Ali Mumtaz
- 1946–1948: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
- 1948: Hamdi al-Pachachi
- 1948: Nasrat al-Farisi
- 1948: Muzahim al-Bajaji
- 1948–1949: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
- 1949: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
- 1949: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
- 1949: Shakir al-Wadi
- 1949–1950: Muzahim al-Bajaji
- 1950: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1950–1951: Shakir al-Wadi
- 1951: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1951–1952: Shakir al-Wadi
- 1952: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
- 1953: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- 1953–1954: Abdullah Bakr
- 1954: Musa al-Shabandar
- 1954: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
- 1954–1955: Musa al-Shabander
- 1955–1957: Burhanuddin Bashayan
- 1957: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
- 1957–1958: Burhanuddin Bashayan
- 1958: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
- 1958: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
edit- 1958–1959: Abdul Jabbar Jomard
- 1959–1963: Hashem Jawad
- 1963: Talib Shabib
- 1963: Salih Mahdi Ammash
- 1963–1964: Subhi Abdul Hamid
- 1964–1965: Naji Talib
- 1965: Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz
- 1965–1967: Adnan Pachachi
- 1967–1968: Ismail Khairallah (acting)
Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)
edit- 1968: Nasser al-Hani
- 1968–1971: Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly
- 1971: Rashid al-Rifai
- 1971–1974: Murtada Said Abdel Baki al-Hadithi
- 1974: Shathel Taqa
- 1974: Hisham al-Shawi (acting)
- 1974–1983: Sa'dun Hammadi
- 1983–1991: Tariq Aziz
- 1991–1992: Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai
- 1992–2001: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
- 2001: Tariq Aziz (acting)
- 2001–2003: Naji Sabri
Republic of Iraq (2004–present)
edit| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoshyar Zebari | 
|
1 September 2003 | 11 July 2014 | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Coalition Provisional Authority, Ayad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Nouri al-Maliki | ||
| Hussain al-Shahristani (interim) | 
|
11 July 2014 | 8 September 2014 | State of Law Coalition | Nouri al-Maliki | ||
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari | 
|
8 September 2014 | 25 October 2018 | State of Law Coalition | Haider al-Abadi | ||
| Mohamed Ali Alhakim | 
|
25 October 2018 | 12 May 2020 | Independent | Adil Abdul-Mahdi | ||
| Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (interim) | _(cropped).jpg)
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12 May 2020 | 6 June 2020 | Independent | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi | ||
| Fuad Hussein | .jpg)
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6 June 2020 | Incumbent | Kurdistan Democratic Party | |||
References
edit- ^ "Foreign ministers E-K". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 21 April 2017.