The Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, officially the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was the highest decision-making organ of the Iraqi Regional Branch. The Regional Command has normally had 19-21 members throughout its history. When in power, the Directorate of Security Affairs was responsible for the security of the president and the senior members of the Regional Command. The Iraqi Regional Branch was organized on the Marxist–Leninist model, with a small elite, the Regional Command, controlling the party from the top down. As in the

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, the party leadership became the government. While the Regional Command was the ''

de facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...

'' highest legislative and executive organ of state and party, the Revolutionary Command Council was according to the 1970 Iraqi constitution "the supreme body of the state." In theory, the Regional Command was to be subordinate to the National Command.

Structure

Secretary of the Regional Command * Fuad al-Rikabi (1951–1959) * Talib Hussein ash-Shabibi (1959– May 1962) * Ali Salih al-Sadi (May 1962 – 25 September 1963) * Hamdi Abd al-Majid (25 September 1963 – 11 November 1963) *

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ' (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and ...

(11 November 1963 – February 1964) *

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

(February 1964 – 1966) * Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1966–1979) * Saddam Hussein (1979–2003 ''

'', 2003–2006 ''

de jure In law and government, ''de jure'' ( ; , "by law") describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality. In contrast, ("in fact") describes situations that exist in reality, even if not legally ...

'') *

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ( ar, عزة إبراهيم الدوري, Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; 1 July 1942 – 25 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician and Army Field Marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council u ...

(2007–2020) * Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed (2020–present) Deputy Secretary of the Regional Command * Unknown (pre-1966) *

(1966–1979) *

Taha Yassin Ramadan Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi ( ar, طه ياسين رمضان الجزراوي; (1939 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi politician and military officer of Kurdish origin, who served as one of the three vice presidents of Iraq from March 1991 to t ...

(1979–1991) *

(1991–2007) * Unknown (2007–present)

Members

References

General
Regional Command membership was taken from this source: * Specific

Bibliography

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Iraq Region *.1 Organizations established in 1955 Executive committees of political parties