Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

Iraqi president (1914–1982)

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Lived 1914–1982, aged 68Turkey

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1914–1982
Aged 68
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Updated 2026-06-09

He held the Iraqi presidency for eleven years, presiding over oil-fueled economic growth and land reform, then stepped aside in 1979 for the cousin he'd elevated within the Ba'ath Party: Saddam Hussein.

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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was an Iraqi military officer who came up through the ranks after the 1958 revolution that ended the monarchy. Forced out of the military in 1959 on charges of anti-government activity, he took command of the Ba'ath Party's Military Bureau and began recruiting through patronage, installing his cousin Saddam Hussein as deputy. Al-Bakr served briefly as prime minister after the February 1963 Ramadan Revolution, then lost office before the year ended. He returned to power in the July 1968 coup and became president, chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, and later prim…

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