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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

1914 - 1982

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Field Marshal Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the fourth president of Iraq from 1968 to 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organisation Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (the Ba'ath Party's Iraqi branch), which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. Al-Bakr first rose to prominence after the 14 July Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy. In the newly established government, he was involved in improving Iraqi–Soviet relations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr is the 1,839th most popular politician (down from 1,460th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 44th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was the president of Iraq from 1968-1979. He was also the Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ranks 1,839 out of 19,576. Before him are Haitham bin Tariq, Carinus, Alexios IV Angelos, René of Anjou, Vojislav Koštunica, and Frederick IV of Denmark. After him are Zedekiah, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Ur-Nammu, Childeric II, Jehoash of Judah, and Henry of Germany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ranks 21. Before him are Alec Guinness, Jiang Qing, Richard Widmark, Michael Wittmann, Jack LaLanne, and Romain Gary. After him are William S. Burroughs, Karl Carstens, Willi Stoph, Bohumil Hrabal, Lída Baarová, and Abd al-Karim Qasim. Among people deceased in 1982, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ranks 25. Before him are Karl von Frisch, Erving Goffman, Stanford Moore, Louis Aragon, Gilles Villeneuve, and Glenn Gould. After him are Barack Obama Sr., Hugo Theorell, Gala Dalí, Georges Perec, Hugh Everett III, and Mikhail Suslov.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ranks 46 out of 384. Before him are Gudea (-2200), Abdul Latif Rashid (1944), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971), Nahum (-600), Al-Ash'ari (873), and Al-Musta'sim (1213). After him are Ur-Nammu (-2200), Al-Jahiz (775), Suleyman Shah (1178), Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mutawakkil (822), and Al-Baladhuri (806).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ranks 25. Before him are Sinsharishkun (-700), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Gudea (-2200), Abdul Latif Rashid (1944), Nahum (-600), and Al-Musta'sim (1213). After him are Ur-Nammu (-2200), Suleyman Shah (1178), Shalmaneser III (-900), Al-Mutawakkil (822), Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), and Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914).

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