Abdul-Wahab Mirjan
| Abdul-Wahab Mirjan | |
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| 22nd Prime Minister of Iraq | |
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In office 15 December 1957 – 3 March 1958 |
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| Monarch | Faisal II |
| Preceded by | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi |
| Succeeded by | Nuri al-Said |
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| Born | 1909 Al Hillah, Iraq |
| Died |
March 15, 1964 Baghdad, Iraq |
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (1909 – March 15, 1964) (Arabic: عبد الوهاب مرجان) served as prime minister of Iraq (December 15, 1957 – March 3, 1958) at the time of that country's short-lived union with Jordan, which was formalized on February 14, 1958. A relative newcomer to the Iraqi government, Mirjan first joined the cabinet in 1947. He resigned, less than a month after the federation was declared, in favor of Nuri as-Said. He survived the republican coup later that year and died in 1964. He was known, along with his father Abdul-Razzak Mirjan, as being compassionate to his country; Abdul-Razzak Mirjan and his cousin Abdul-Abbas Mirjan donated a number of valuable assets, such as Mirjan Hospital in Hilla province (Babylon) and a large number of houses for the poor people of Iraq.
Abdul-Wahab, son of Abdul-Razzaq, son of Jawad, son of Mahmood AL Mirjan, came from a renowned family in Al-Hilla, where he was born in 1909. He graduated from the College of Law in Baghdad in 1932 and was appointed Justice of the Peace in Suweira (January 1938). However, he resigned after a short period, devoting himself to his law practice and the management of his estates. In September 1942 he was elected President of Al-Hilla Chamber of Agriculture.
In March 1947 he was elected member of the Iraqi Parliament Chamber of Deputies, representing Al-Hilla Liwa’ (province) and was re-elected in the following year. He was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in all subsequent terms until the revolution of 1958.
He was appointed Minister of Economy in Muzahim Al-Ameen Al-Pachachi’s cabinet (26 June 1948). He was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies on first of December 1948 and re-elected to a new term as Speaker on first of December 1949. After that he was appointed Minister of Communications and Public Works and acting Minister of Finance in Nuri Al-Saeed’s eleventh cabinet (16 September 1950); then Minister of Finance (25 December 1950) and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies for the third time (first of December 1951), remaining in this office until the Chamber was dissolved on 27 October 1952.
In Al-Madfai’s sixth cabinet (29 January 1953) he undertook the Communications and Public Works portfolio, retaining his position in Al-Madfai’s seventh cabinet (7 May 1953) until he resigned on 21 May 1953.
He was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies for the fourth time on first December 1953, remaining until the Chamber was dissolved on 29 April 1954.
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