# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tahir-yahya
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:11.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tahir-yahya"
name: "Tahir Yahya"
slug: "tahir-yahya"
description: "Tahir Yahya was Prime Minister of Iraq twice, from 1963 to 1965 and a short term in 1967 to 1968. He was educated at the Baghdad Military College and the Staff College. Born in Tikrit 1916, he was the 4th child to Mulla Yahya el-ogaily, a prominent tobacco merchant between North and Central Iraq. At the age of sixteen, he joined the Baghdad Teachers College, then became a teacher in Baghdad for one year after graduation. He then pursued further education in military sciences. He was a cavalry officer and played polo for the Iraqi army. He led the Iraqi armored company where he was wounded in the battle at the Kfar Masaryk, earning two medals bestowed by Crown Prince Abd al-Ilāh."
tagline: "Iraqi politician and former prime minister (1916−1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tahir_Yahya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916"
deathDate: "1986-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.68
  momentum:             2.205882352941177
  historical:           13.59165333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "طاہر یحیی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "طاهر يحيى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "তাহের ইয়াহিয়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاھیر یەحیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tahir Yahya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tahir Yahya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "طاهر یحیی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tahir Yahya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tahir Yahya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahir_Jahja"
    title: "Tahir Jahja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahir_Yahya"
    title: "Tahir Yahya"
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    title: "Яхья, Тахир"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahir_Yahya"
    title: "Tahir Yahya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тагір Ях'я"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump