Muzahim al-Pachachi
| Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi | |
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| 18th Prime Minister of Iraq | |
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In office 26 June 1948 – 6 January 1949 |
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| Monarch |
Faisal II Prince Abdullah (Regent) |
| Preceded by | Muhammad as-Sadr |
| Succeeded by | Nuri al-Said |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1890 Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1982 |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Independent |
| Relations |
Hamdi al-Pachachi Nadim al-pachachi |
| Children | Adnan Pachachi |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi (مزاحم الباجه جي; l890-1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Born to a prominent family and graduated from the Baghdad School of Law he organized the Arab nationalist Cultural Club in Baghdad in 1912; its members included Hamdi al-Pachachi, Talib al-Naqib and Muhammad Ridha. In 1924, al-Pachachi was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly, charged with drafting the Constitution of Iraq. He held a number of cabinet and diplomatic positions.
He served as Minister of Works (1924–25) before becoming a member of parliament (1925–27). He was appointed ambassador to Britain (1927–28) and was briefly Minister of the Interior (1930).
Al-Pachachi opposed the 1930 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty because it failed to meet nationalist demands. He held a succession of ambassadorial posts: ambassador to the League of Nations (1933–35), to Italy (1935-39), and to France (1939–42). During the 1930s he was under the surveillance of British intelligence services, declassified MI6 documents reveal that much to their chagrin he had close ties with the USSR and the personal letters they have archived in his file show he was organising with the League Against Imperialism and Virendranath Chattopadhyaya.
During the occupation of France in World War II, al-Pachachi stayed in Switzerland. He became active in the 1930s and 1940s in pro-Palestinian activities and opposed the 1948 United Nations truce in Palestine. The prime ministers of Iraq in 1948 were Sayyid Muhammad as-Sadr (January–June) and Muzahim al-Pachachi (June 1948-January 1949), both were distinguished personalities who were not part of the pro-British political circle and whose governments included ministers who identified with the anti-British elements. It was under the leadership of Pachachi that Iraq sent 18,000 troops to Palestine in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, making them the largest Arab force there. It was also during this time that Iraq led the Arab Liberation Army.
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