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This is a list of Iraqi defence ministers from 1921 till present.

List of ministers of defence

Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)

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Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
Jafar al-Askari 23 October 1920 16 November 1922 Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
Nuri as-Said 20 November 1922 2 August 1924
Yasin al-Hashimi 2 August 1924 2 June 1925
Nuri as-Said 26 June 1925 8 January 1928
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun 14 January 1928 20 January 1929
Muhammad Amin Zaki 28 April 1929 25 August 1929
Nuri al-Sa’id 19 September 1929 19 March 1930
Jafar al-Askari 23 March 1930 27 October 1932
Rashid al-Khawja 3 November 1932 18 March 1933
Jalal Baban 20 March 1933 28 October 1933

Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

Name Portrait Term of office Political party President
Abd al-Karim Qasim 14 July 1958 8 February 1963 Independent Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
Salah Mahdi Ammash 8 February 1963 10 November 1963 Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region) 		Abdul Salam Arif
Hardan al-Tikriti 10 November 1963 2 March 1964
Tahir Yahya 2 March 1964 3 September 1965 Arab Socialist Union
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq 6 September 1965 16 September 1965 Arab Socialist Union
Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili 21 September 1965 18 April 1966
Shakir Mahmud Shukri 18 April 1966 17 July 1968 Abdul Rahman Arif

Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

Name Portrait Term of office Political party President
Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Dawoud 17 July 1968 30 July 1968 Independent Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Hardan al-Tikriti 30 July 1968 April 1970 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Hammad Shihab April 1970 30 June 1973 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Abdullah al-Khadduri (acting) 30 June 1973 11 November 1974 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 11 November 1974 15 October 1977 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Adnan Khairallah 15 October 1977 4 May 1989 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region) 		Saddam Hussein
Abdul Jabbar Shanshal 4 May 1989 1990 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Saadi Toma 12 December 1990 6 April 1991 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Ali Hassan al-Majid 1991 1995 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)
Sultan Hashim 1995 2003 Iraqi Ba'ath Party
(Iraq Region)

Republic of Iraq (2004–present)

Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
Ali Allawi April 2004 June 2004 Independent Ayad Allawi
Hazim al-Shaalan June 2004 1 June 2005 Iraqi National Congress
Saadoun al-Dulaimi 1 June 2005 6 March 2006 Independent Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Abdul Qadir Obeidi 6 March 2006 21 December 2010 Independent Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki 21 December 2010 17 August 2011 State of Law Coalition
Saadoun al-Dulaimi 17 August 2011 18 October 2014 Unity Alliance of Iraq
Khaled al-Obaidi 18 October 2014 19 August 2016 Unity Alliance of Iraq Haider al-Abadi
Othman al-Ghanmi (interim) 19 August 2016 30 January 2017 State of Law Coalition
Erfan al-Hiyali 30 January 2017 24 June 2019 State of Law Coalition
Najah al-Shammari 24 June 2019 6 May 2020 Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Juma Inad 6 May 2020 Incumbent Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani

References

  1. "Home". mod.mil.iq.
  2. Mamouri, Ali (May 7, 2020). "Meet Iraq's new Cabinet". Al-Monitor.
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