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Faisal II of Iraq

1935 - 1958

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Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني, romanized: al-Malik Fayṣal al-thānī; 2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regicide marked the end of the thirty-seven-year-old Hashemite monarchy in Iraq, which then became a republic. The only son of King Ghazi and Queen Aliya of Iraq, Faisal acceded to the throne at the age of three after his father was killed in a car crash. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Faisal II of Iraq is the 1,032nd most popular politician (up from 1,411th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Faisal II is most famous for being the ruler of Iraq from 1958 to 1963. He was overthrown by a military coup, led by Abdul-Karim Qasim.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Faisal II of Iraq ranks 1,032 out of 19,576. Before him are Salome Zourabichvili, Cleopatra Selene II, Oleg of Novgorod, Benjamin Harrison, Edith Roosevelt, and Hezekiah. After him are Peleus, Brennus, Marwan I, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Henry I of England, and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Faisal II of Iraq ranks 15. Before him are Woody Allen, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Luis Suárez, Donald Sutherland, and Kenzaburō Ōe. After him are Arvo Pärt, Isao Takahata, Julie Andrews, Michel Aoun, Theo Angelopoulos, and David Prowse. Among people deceased in 1958, Faisal II of Iraq ranks 9. Before him are Wolfgang Pauli, Imre Nagy, Roger Martin du Gard, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Kurt Alder, and Tyrone Power. After him are Clinton Davisson, Ernest Lawrence, John B. Watson, Abul Kalam Azad, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Milutin Milanković.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Faisal II of Iraq ranks 28 out of 384. Before him are Al-Ma'mun (786), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), Sennacherib (-740), Sargon II (-750), and Khosrow II (570). After him are Belshazzar (-600), Ahmad Sanjar (1100), Jalal Talabani (1933), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Eber (-2038), and Antiochus I Soter (-324).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Faisal II of Iraq ranks 15. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Al-Ma'mun (786), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Sennacherib (-740), Sargon II (-750), and Khosrow II (570). After him are Jalal Talabani (1933), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Sinsharishkun (-700), Al-Mu'tasim (796), and Gudea (-2200).

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