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Abd al-Karim Qasim

1914 - 1963

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Abdul-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli Al-Qaraghuli al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim [ʕabdulkariːm qɑːsɪm]; 21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi military officer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister and de facto leader of Iraq from 1958 until his overthrow in 1963. Qasim came to power in 1958 when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution. He ruled the country as the prime minister until his downfall and execution during the 1963 Ramadan Revolution. He led a military rule in Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abd al-Karim Qasim is the 2,275th most popular politician (down from 1,855th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 54th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Iraqi Politician.

Abd al-Karim Qasim is most famous for being the first prime minister of Iraq.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 2,275 out of 19,576. Before him are Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Agathocles of Syracuse, Philip V of Macedon, Hong Xiuquan, Hanno the Great, and Ivan I of Moscow. After him are Bertie Ahern, Vasily II of Moscow, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Francisco Solano López, Phorcys, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 27. Before him are Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, William S. Burroughs, Karl Carstens, Willi Stoph, Bohumil Hrabal, and Lída Baarová. After him are Joe DiMaggio, Joe Louis, Max Perutz, Aribert Heim, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and William Vickrey. Among people deceased in 1963, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 25. Before him are Paul Hindemith, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Yasujirō Ozu, Józef Gosławski, Nâzım Hikmet, and Carmen Amaya. After him are J. D. Tippit, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, and Richard Barthelmess.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 56 out of 384. Before him are Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mutawakkil (822), Al-Baladhuri (806), Mustafa Barzani (1903), Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), and Junayd of Baghdad (830). After him are Nabopolassar (-658), Al-Amin (787), Ya'qubi (801), Banū Mūsā (900), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), and Fuad Masum (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 31. Before him are Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914), Ur-Nammu (-2200), Suleyman Shah (1178), Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mutawakkil (822), and Ashurnasirpal II (-1000). After him are Nabopolassar (-658), Al-Amin (787), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Fuad Masum (1938), Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), and Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200).

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