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Abdul Rahman Arif

1916 - 2007

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Abdul Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد عارف الجميلي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿĀrif; 14 April 1916 – 24 August 2007), better known as Abdul Rahman Arif, was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the third president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 July 1968. He was the older brother of the second president of Iraq, Abdul Salam Arif, whom he succeeded after his brother died in an airplane crash in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Rahman Arif is the 3,087th most popular politician (down from 2,783rd in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Iraq (down from 74th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Abdul Rahman Arif was the second president of Afghanistan. He was president from 1963 to 1965.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Rahman Arif ranks 3,088 out of 19,576Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Anne of France, J. G. Strijdom, Vonones I, John I of Aragon, Dasharatha Maurya, and Hayk. After him are Choe Ryong-hae, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Naram-Sin of Akkad, and Sinatruces of Parthia.

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Among people born in 1916, Abdul Rahman Arif ranks 36Before him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Alexander Prokhorov, Paul Keres, Vitaly Ginzburg, Ruth Handler, and Natalia Ginzburg. After him are Robert F. Furchgott, Bernard Lewis, Emil Gilels, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Masaki Kobayashi, and Virginia Satir. Among people deceased in 2007, Abdul Rahman Arif ranks 36Before him are Jean-Pierre Cassel, Arthur Kornberg, Paul Tibbets, Nils Liedholm, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Ryszard Kapuściński. After him are Alan MacDiarmid, Paul Lauterbur, Richard Rorty, Stanley Miller, Jane Wyman, and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr..

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abdul Rahman Arif ranks 81 out of 384Before him are Qutayba ibn Muslim (668), Urukagina (-2500), Al-Muqtadir (895), Sargon I (-1900), Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809), and Al-Mu'tadid (854). After him are Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Ashur-nadin-shumi (-800), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), Hillel the Elder (-110), and Shamshi-Adad I (-1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Abdul Rahman Arif ranks 45Before him are Tiglath-Pileser III (-755), Shalmaneser I (-1400), Urukagina (-2500), Al-Muqtadir (895), Sargon I (-1900), and Al-Mu'tadid (854). After him are Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Ashur-nadin-shumi (-800), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), and Samsu-iluna (-1792).