The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Iraq.
Incumbents President: Saddam Hussein Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein Vice President: Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Events 16 February – an agreement is signed in Baghdad by Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen to form the Arab Cooperation Council 1 April – Iraqi parliamentary election are held, as a result the Ba'ath Party won 207 of the 250 seats. 8 August –the Victory Arch monument is opened to the public in honor of the Iraqi soldiers who fell during the Iran–Iraq War, which concluded a year earlier.
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The Iraqi University is established.
Births
28 February – Neama Riadh, Iraqi TV presenter. 1 July – Miran Khesro, Iraqi footballer. 21 August – Karoj Sindi, Iraqi-German footballer. 3 September – Rayan al-Kildani, Iraqi Assyrian politician. 29 September – Lawen Redar, Iraqi-Swedish politician . 30 September – Zahraa Ben Mime, Iraqi-Tunisian actress and model. 14 October – Mohammed Abdul-Zahra, Iraqi footballer.
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Roza Salih, Iraqi-Scottish politician.
Deaths 13 March – Dilshad Meriwani, Iraqi Kurdish poet, teacher and translator.(b.1947) 13 April – Mar Paul II Cheikho, Iraqi Assyrian and Chaldean Patriarch. (b.1906) 2 April – Muhammad al-Qubanchi, Iraqi Maqam singer.(b.1904) 4 May – Adnan Khayr Allah, Iraqi military officer and politician. (b.1940)
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