Ahmad Mukhtar Baban ( ar, أحمد مختار بابان; 1900 – 24 October 1976) was

Prime Minister of Iraq The prime minister of Iraq is the head of government of Iraq. On 27 October 2022, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani became the incumbent prime minister. History The prime minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, a ...

under the

Kingdom of Iraq The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq ( ar, المملكة العراقية الهاشمية, translit=al-Mamlakah al-ʿIrāqiyyah ʾal-Hāshimyyah) was a state located in the Middle East from 1932 to 1958. It was founded on 23 August 1921 as the Kingdo ...

in 1958.

Biography

Baban became prime minister on 18 May 1958, during a time of political tension. The monarchies of Iraq and

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had recently agreed upon a confederation known as the Arab Federation. The federation, and Baban's time as prime minister, lasted for only two months. On 14 July 1958, the monarchy was overthrown in a coup, and a republic was established under

Abdul Karim Qassim Abd al-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi ( ar, عبد الكريم قاسم ' ) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi Army brigadier and nationalist who came to power when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown d ...

. Baban was arrested and sentenced to death by the People's Court, which was established under Qassim's leadership following the coup. Unlike the royal family and many Iraqi politicians in the monarchy, the sentence was commuted and Baban was not executed.

References

Prime Ministers of Iraq 1900 births 1976 deaths Iraqi prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Iraq {{Iraq-politician-stub