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Abdul Rahman Arif
Sign in to saveAlso known as Abd ar-Rahman Arif, Abd ar-Rahman 'Arif, Abdul Rahman Aref, Abd al-Rahman Arif, Abd al-Raḥmān `Ārif, Abdul-Rahman Aref, Abd al-Rahman `Arif, Abdel-Rahman Aref
President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz , Naji Talib , Himself , Tahir Yahya
- Preceded by
- Abdul Salam Arif
- Succeeded by
- Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
- President
- Himself
- Born
- 14 April 1916, Baghdad , Ottoman Iraq
- Died
- 24 August 2007 (aged 91), Amman , Jordan
- Party
- Arab Socialist Union
- Spouse
- Faika Abdul-Mageed Faris Alanee
- Relatives
- Abdul Salam Arif (brother)
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Iraq (1939–1958), Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
- Branch service
- Iraqi Ground Forces
- Years of service
- 1939–1968
- Rank
- Lieutenant general
- Battles wars
- Second World War Middle Eastern theatre Anglo-Iraqi War 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1958 Iraqi coup d'état First Iraqi–Kurdish War Six-Day War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abd al-Rahman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iraq
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Amman
- Sibling
- Abdul Salam Arif
- Occupation
- president
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Iraq
- Political party
- Arab Socialist Union
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Military branch
- Iraqi Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Abdel-Rahman Aref.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- Commons category
- Abd ar-Rahman Arif
- date of birth
- 1916-04-14
- date of death
- 2007-08-24
- name in native language
- عبد الرحمن عارف
- member of
- Homeland Officers' Organization
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Abdul Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد عارف الجميلي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿĀrif; 14 April 1916 – 24 August 2007), better known as Abdul Rahman Arif, was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the third president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 July 1968. He was the older brother of the second president of Iraq, Abdul Salam Arif, whom he succeeded after his brother died in an airplane crash in 1966.
Biography
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