Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
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الجمهورية العراقية al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Irāqīyah كۆماری عێراق Komar-i ‘Êraq |
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Anthem Walla Zaman Ya Selahy والله زمان يا سلاحي Oh My Weapon |
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| Capital | Baghdad | |||||||||
| Languages |
Arabic Kurdish |
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| Government | One-party state under military junta | |||||||||
| President | ||||||||||
| • | 1958-1963 | Muhammad Najib | ||||||||
| • | 1963-1966 | Abdul Salam Arif | ||||||||
| • | 1966-1968 | Abdul Rahman Arif | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | ||||||||||
| • | 1958-1963 (first) | Abd al-Karim Qasim | ||||||||
| • | 1967-1968 (last) | Tahir Yahya | ||||||||
| Legislature | Revolutionary Command Council | |||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | |||||||||
| • | 14 July Revolution | 14 July 1958 | ||||||||
| • | Ramadan Revolution | 8 February 1963 | ||||||||
| • | Counter-coup | 10–11 November 1963 | ||||||||
| • | 17 July Revolution | 17 July 1968 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1968 | 438,317 km² (169,235 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1968 est. | 9,367,100 | ||||||||
| Density | 21.4 /km² (55.3 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Currency | Iraqi dinar (IQD) | |||||||||
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The Iraqi Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العراقية al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Irāqīyah) was a state forged in 1958 under the rule of President Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i and Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim. ar-Ruba'i and Qasim first came to power through the 14 July Revolution in which the Kingdom of Iraq's Hashemite monarchy was overthrown. As a result, the Kingdom and the Arab Federation were dissolved and the Iraqi republic established. The era ended with the Ba'athist rise to power in 1968.
Iraq reverted to control over the territory of the former Kingdom of Iraq and Jordan again became an independent entity.
Qasim specifically sited the north-south territorial limits from its highest point in the North and lowest point in the South identified in the regime's popular slogan as being "From Zakho in the North to Kuwait in the South", Zakho referring to the border then-and-now between Iraq and Turkey. The Qasim government in Iraq and its supporters supported Kurdish irredentism towards what they called "Kurdistan that is annexed to Iran", implying that Iraq supported unification of Iranian Kurdistan into Iraqi Kurdistan. The Qasim government did not hold territorial claims to Kurdish territories in Turkey, as the Qasim government roughly defined what it considered Iraq's borders in the regime's popular slogan: "From Zakho in the North to Kuwait in the South", Zakho referring to the border then-and-now between Iraq and Turkey. The Qasim government held an irredentist claim to Khuzestan. It held irredentist claims to Kuwait.
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