Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |
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أحمد حسن البكر | |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |
1st Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
In office 17 July 1968 – 16 July 1979 | |
Deputy | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Saddam Hussein |
President of Iraq | |
In office 17 July 1968 – 16 July 1979 | |
Vice President | Saddam Hussein |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Arif |
Succeeded by | Saddam Hussein |
Regional Secretary of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
In office October 1966 – 16 July 1979 | |
National Secretary | Michel Aflaq |
Preceded by | Saddam Hussein |
Succeeded by | Saddam Hussein |
In office 11 November 1963 – February 1964 | |
Preceded by | Hamdi Abd al-Majid |
Succeeded by | Saddam Hussein |
25th Prime Minister of Iraq | |
In office 31 July 1968 – 16 July 1979 | |
President | Himself |
Preceded by | Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif |
Succeeded by | Saddam Hussein |
In office 8 February 1963 – 18 November 1963 | |
President | Abdul Salam Arif |
Preceded by | Abd al-Karim Qasim |
Succeeded by | Tahir Yahya |
49th Minister of Defence | |
In office 11 November 1974 – 15 October 1977 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Hammad Shihab (died in office) Abdullah al-Khadduri (acting from July 1973) |
Succeeded by | Adnan Khairallah |
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch | |
In office 11 November 1963 – 16 July 1979 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tikrit, Ottoman Empire | 1 July 1914
Died | 4 October 1982 Baghdad, Iraq | (aged 68)
Nationality | Iraqi |
Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath (1940s–1966) Baghdad-based Ba'ath (1966–1982) (NPF) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | |
Branch/service | Iraqi Army |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | Anglo–Iraqi War Ramadan Revolution 17 July Revolution |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was the President of Iraq from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979. He was born in Tikrit, Ottoman Iraq on 1 July 1914. He was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party. During his rule Iraq had high economic growth due to high international oil prices. Al Bakr slowing lost power to his cousin Saddam Hussein.