The Ministry of Finance is the Iraq government agency responsible for

public finance Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achiev ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Central Bank of Iraq The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) ( ar, البنك المركزي العراقي) is the central bank of Iraq. It was established in 1947, the same year in which the British occupation of Iraq was ended. CBI's primary objectives are to ensure domestic ...

, and

banking regulation Bank regulation is a form of government regulation which subjects banks to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, designed to create market transparency between banking institutions and the individuals and corporations with whom the ...

s. The current Minister of Finance is

Ali Allawi Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi (Arabic: علي عبد الامير علاوي) (born 1947) was Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister He is an Iraqi politician and scholar. From May 2020 to August 2022, he ran as Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister a ...

Ministers of Finance in 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 ...

Sassoon Eskell Sir Sassoon Eskell, Order of the British Empire, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman and financier. Also known as Sassoon Effendi (from Turkish Efendi, a title meaning Lord), he was regarded in Iraq as the Father of Pa ...

, 1920-1921Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Beth K. Dougherty - Google-kirjat
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, 1921-1923 * Abdel Mohsen Shalash, 1923-1924 *

, 1924-1925 *

Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun ʻAbd al-Muḥsin Saʻdūn or Abd al-Muhsin Al-Saadoon, KCMG ( ar, عبد المحسن السعدون; 1879 – 13 November 1929) was an Iraqi politician who served as the prime minister of Iraq on four occasions between 1922 and 1929. Origi ...

, 1925-1926 *

Yasin al-Hashimi Yasin al-Hashimi, born Yasin Hilmi Salman ( ar, ياسين الهاشمي‎; 1884 – 21 January 1937), was an Iraqi politician who twice served as the prime minister. Like many of Iraq's early leaders, al-Hashimi served as a military office ...

, 1926-1928 * Yousef Ghanima, 1928-1929 *

, 1929-1930 *

Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi Ali Jawdat al-Ayoubi (Arabic: علي جودت الأيوبي; November 11, 1886 – March 3, 1969) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1934–1935, 1949–1950, and in the latter half of 1957. His father was of Kurdish origin and his mother ...

, 1930 * Rustum Haidar, 1930-1932 *

Nasrat al-Farisi Nusrat or Nusret or Nasrat ( ar, نصرت ) is a unisex given name, meaning "victory" in Arabic. It may refer to: Men Nasrat * Hiztullah Yar Nasrat, Afghan detainee in Guantanamo *Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (died 1532), sultan of Bengal *Nasrat Al J ...

, 1932-1933 *

, ?-1933Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Edmund A. Ghareeb, Beth Dougherty - Google-kirjat
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, 1933-1934 * Naji al-Suwaydi, 1934 * Yousef Ghanima, 1934-1935 *

Raouf Al Bahrani Raouf is a Muslim name originating from the Arabic word ''rauf'' meaning ''compassionate''. It may refer to: * Abu Abdul Raouf Zalita v. George W. Bush, writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Guantanamo captive Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita *Ahmed Abdel ...

, 1935-1936 *

Ja'far Abu al-Timman Jafar Abu al-Timman (born 1881-1945) was an Iraqi politician. Biography Born in Baghdad, he was the leader of a political group that opposed the Mandatory Iraq, British administration of Iraq in 1919–1920. He fled to Iran, then returned to Iraq ...

, 1936-1937 * Mohammed Ali Mahmoud, 1937 *

Ibrahim Kemal Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...

, 1937-1938 * Rustum Haidar, 1938-1940 *

, 1940 * Naji al-Suwaydi, 1940-1941 * Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, 1941 * Naji al-Suwaydi, 1941 *

, 1941 * Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, 1941-1942 *

Salih Jabr Sayyid Salih Jabr ( ar, سيد صالح جبر; 1896–1957) was an Iraqi statesman who served as the prime minister of Iraq from March 1947 to January 1948. He was the first Shi'ite to become prime minister. In the 1930s and 1940s, Salih atten ...

, 1942-1943 *

Jalal Baban Jalal (Arabic: جلال) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate. When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, Jalal has also become a name for some Arabic-speaking C ...

, 1943 * Abd al-Ilah Hafiz, 1943 * Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, 1943-1944 * Abdul Wahab Mahmoud, 1946 * Yousef Ghanima, ?-1946 * Salih Jabir, 1946 * Abd al-Ilah Hafiz, 1946-1947 *

Jamil al-Midfai Jamil Al Midfai (Arabic: جميل المدفعي; (1958 – 1890)) was an Iraqi politician. He served as the country's prime minister on five separate occasions. Biography Born in the town of Mosul, Midfai served in the Ottoman army during Wo ...

, ?-? * Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, 1948 * Ibrahim Shabandar, ?-1952 * Ali Mahmud al-Shaykh, 1952-1953 * Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, 1953 * Abd al-Karim al-Uzri, 1953-1954 * Ali Mumtaz al-Daftary, 1954 * Dhia Jafar, 1954-1955 * Abd al-Karim al-Uzri, ?-1958 *

Nadim al-Pachachi Nadim al-Pachachi (18 March 1914 – 29 February 1976) was the Secretary-General of OPEC from January 1971 until December 1972. Born in Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, he received a doctorate in petroleum engineering and worked in the Rumalia oi ...

, 1958 * Abd al-Karim al-Uzri, 1958

Ministers of Finance in republican Iraq

* Mohammed Hadid, 1958-1963 * Salih Kubba, 1963 *

Muhammad Jawad al-Ubasi Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

, 1963 * Salman Al-Aswad, 1963 *

, 1963-1965 * Salman Al-Aswad, 1965 * Shukri Saleh Zaki, 1965-1966 *

Abdullah al-Naqshabandi Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * Abdullah (film), ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * ''Abdullah: The Final Witness' ...

, 1966-1967 *

Abdul Rahman al-Habib Abdul Rahman Abdullah al-Habib al-Rawi is an Iraqi people, Iraqi economist and politician, born in the city of Anah in 1920. He worked as a teacher in the academic year 1945–1946, and then received his doctorate in economics in 1956. He was Und ...

, 1967-1968 * Amin Abd al-Karim, 1968-1974 * Saadi Ibrahim, 1974-1975 * Fawzi Abdullah al-Qaisi, 1975-1979 * Thamir Razzuqi, 1979-1983 *

Hisham Hassan Tawfiq Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, هشام بن عبد الملك, Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 691 – 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743. Early life Hisham was born in Damascus, the administrat ...

, 1983-1987 *

Hikmat Omar Mukhaylif Hikmat ( ar, حكمة, ', "wisdom") may refer to: * Hikmat (name) * Bait al Hikmat, main library at Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan * Divani-hikmat, literary council of Azerbaijan * Hikmah ''Hikmah'' (also ''Hikmat'', ar, حكمة, ', li ...

, 1987-1989 * Muhammad Mahdi Salih, 1989-1991 * Majid Abd Jafar, 1991-1992 * Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai, 1992-? * Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai, 1993-1994 *

Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi (1933 – January 27, 2012)
, ''Al Sumaria'', ...

, 1994-2003 *

Kamel al-Kilani Kamel Mubdir al-Kilani ( ar, كامل مبدر الكيلاني) (born 1958) was Minister of Finance in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. A Sunni Muslim and contractor, al-Kilani remained in Iraq during ...

, 2003-2004 *

Adil Abdul-Mahdi Adil Abdul-Mahdi al-Muntafiki ( ar, عادل عبد المهدي المنتفكي, born 1 January 1942) is an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq from October 2018 until May 2020, hundreds of protestors of ''Tishreen revolutio ...

, 2004-2005 *

, 2005-2006 * Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi, 2006-2010 *

Rafi al-Issawi Rafi Hiyad al-Issawi (born 2 March 1966) is an Iraqi politician who is a former finance minister and deputy prime minister. A doctor by profession, he is the fourth most senior politician from the Sunni Arab minority after former Vice President ...

, 2010-2013 *

Ali Yousif Al-Shukri ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

, 2013 *

Safa al-Safi Safa al-Din (also Safauddin) Mohammed al-Safi is an Iraqi politician and former Justice Minister who is currently Minister of State for the Council of Representatives. Since May 2006 he has also been Minister of State for Council of Representativ ...

, 2013-? * Najeeba Najeeb, ?-2014 * Hoshiyar Zebari, 2014-2016 *

Abdul Razzaq al-Issa Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalel al-Issa (Arabic:عبد الرزاق العيسى) (born 1949) is an Iraqi politician who served in different cabinet posts. He is currently Iraq's Minister of Higher Education. Early life and education al-Issa was born ...

, 2016-2018 *

Fuad Hussein Fuad Mohammed Hussein () is an Iraqi Kurdish politician from the Kurdistan Democratic Party who is the current Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was previously the Minister of Finance in the Government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi. Background Hu ...

, 2018-2020 *

, 2020-2022 *Ihsan Adbul Jabbar Ismael, 2022-

References

External links

Iraq Ministry of Finance official website

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Ministers of Finance in 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 ...

Ministers of Finance in republican Iraq

References

External links

Ministers of Finance in 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 ...