Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)

The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iraq () is the chief of the General Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces. He is appointed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, who is the commander-in-chief. The position dates to the period of the Independence of Iraq. Up until the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Chief of Staff was the second most senior officer in the Armed Forces behind the Minister of Defence.

Since 8 June 2020, the current chief of the General Staff is General Abdul-Amir Yarallah.

List of officeholders Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)

Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lieutenant generalNuri al-Said 6 January 1921 20 November 1922 Ahmed, Hamroush, (1984). Abdel Nasser and the Arabs. Madbouli Library. Pp. 136. Archived from the original on 2023-02-22. 2 Lieutenant generalTaha al-Hashimi 20 November 1922 28 July 1924 In 1924, the position of Chief of Staff of the Army was abolished and his duties were transferred to the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.Ṭāhā, al-Hāshimī; Hāshimī, Ṭāhā (1967). Memoirs of Taha al-Hashimi, 1919-1943. With an investigation and introduction to the history of modern Iraq: 1919-1943. Dar al-Tali'ah. Pp. 87. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20.Muḥammad, ʻAlāʾ Jāsim (1987). Jaʻfar al-ʻAskarī wa-dawruhu al-siyāsī wa-al-ʻaskarī fī tārīkh al-ʻIrāq ḥattá ʻām 1936. Maktabat al-Yaqẓah al-ʻArabīyah. p. 155. Archived from the original on 02-22-2023. – Lieutenant generalNuri al-Said 28 July 1924 28 May 1928 Ṭāhā, al-Hāshimī; Hāshimī, Ṭāhā (1967). Memoirs of Taha al-Hashimi, 1919-1943. With an investigation and introduction to the history of modern Iraq: 1919-1943. Dar al-Tali'ah. Pp. 87. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Position reinstated1928 2 Lieutenant generalTaha al-Hashimi 28 May 1928 29 October 1936 3 Lieutenant generalBakr Sidqi 29 October 1936 11 August 1937 4 Lieutenant general 15 August 1937 22 August 1937 Khayoun, Ali (1 January 2018). The Political Thought of Iraq's Military Elite, 1941-1963. Al Manhal. Pp. 77. ISBN:9796500435497. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20.Khalid Ahmed Al-Jawal in the first part of the "Encyclopedia of Great Politicians of Royal Iraq 1920-1958" 5 Lieutenant general 22 August 1937 20 February 1940 History of the Iraqi Army Hassan Hussein Baghdad 1977, p. 55Fawzi and the Mays Revolution, Fouad Abdul Razzaq al-Dujaili, Al-Sabah newspaper, 5/25/2016 6 Lieutenant general 25 February 1940 29 May 1941 7 Lieutenant generalMohammed Amin Ahmed Al-Omari 29 May 1941 2 June 1941 8 Lieutenant general 2 June 1941 20 December 1944 Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Edmund Gharib 9 GeneralSaleh Saeb al-Jubouri 20 December 1944 18 August 1951 List of Iraqi Army Chiefs of Staff (1944-2003) Subhi Nazim Tawfiq 10 GeneralNureddin Mahmud 18 August 1951 29 January 1953 11 Major general 29 January 1953 17 September 1953 12 Lieutenant general 17 September 1953 14 July 1958

First Republic of Iraq (1958–1968)

Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lieutenant general 14 July 1958 8 February 1963 2 Lieutenant generalTahir Yahya 8 February 1963 20 November 1963 3 Lieutenant generalAbdul Rahman Arif 20 November 1963 15 April 1966 4 Lieutenant general 15 April 1966 17 July 1967 5 Major general 17 July 1967 5 August 1968

Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lieutenant generalHammad Shehab 5 August 1968 3 April 1970 2 GeneralAbdul Jabbar Shanshal 3 April 1970 15 January 1984 3 GeneralAbdul Jawad Dhanuun 15 January 1984 1986 years 4 Major generalSaaduddin Aziz Mustafa 1986 25 July 1987 years 5 General 25 July 1987 19 September 1990 6 GeneralHussein Rashid 19 September 1990 1991 years 7 GeneralIyad Futayyih 1991 1995 years 8 GeneralSultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai 1995 18 July 1995 years 9 GeneralAbdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat 18 July 1995 1999 years 10 GeneralIbrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar 1999 9 April 2003 years On 23 May 2003, the Iraqi Army was dissolved, and all of its officers and personnel were discharged. It was later re-established on 8 August 2003.

Republic of Iraq (2003–present)

Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 GeneralBabaker Zebari 8 August 2003 29 June 2015 "KurdPress :: Kurdpress News Aganecy - Baba Zebari". web.archive.org. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-24. Accessed on 2023-02-20. 2 GeneralOthman al-Ghanmi 29 June 2015 7 May 2020 News Agency Archived 11 August 2016, at the Wayback Machine.KanNews :: Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi is inaugurated as deputy ... Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine."Al-Ghanimi arrives in UK to be guest of honor at Royal Military Parade". ninanews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Accessed on 2020-05-07."Iraqi parliament votes to approve Othman al-Ghanimi as interior minister - Al-Ghad TV". Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Accessed on 2020-05-07. 3 GeneralAbdul-Amir Yarallah 7 May 2020 Incumbent www.rudaw.net https://web.archive.org/web/20210515203654/https://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/070620209. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Accessed on 2021-05-15."Iraqi forces close to fully retaking Tal Afar from Islamic State". BBC News Arabic. Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Accessed on 2021-05-15.

Timeline since 1968

Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)

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