Abdul Salam Arif

Abdul Salam Arif
عبد السلام عارف
Arif in the 1960s
2nd President of Iraq
In office 8 February 1963 – 13 April 1966
Prime Minister	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Tahir Yahya Arif Abd ar-Razzaq Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Preceded by	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
Succeeded by	Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 14 July 1958 – 30 September 1958
Minister of Interior of Iraq
In office 14 July 1958 – 30 September 1958
Preceded by	Muhammad Saeed Effendi bin Mirza Majeed bin Al-Hajj Ahmad Al-Qazzaz
Succeeded by	Ahmed Mohammed Yahya
Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the Federal Republic of Germany
In office 30 September 1958 – 9 November 1958
Supreme Commander of the Iraqi Armed Forces
In office 8 February 1966 – 13 April 1963
Chairman of the National Council for the Leadership of the Revolution
In office 8 February 1958 – 13 April 1966
Personal details
Born	(1921-03-21)21 March 1921[1] Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq
Died	13 April 1966(1966-04-13) (aged 45) Basra Governorate, Iraqi Republic
Cause of death	Airplane crash
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Iraq (1939–1958) Iraqi Republic (1958–1966)
Branch/service	Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service	1939–1966
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Second World War Middle Eastern theatre Anglo-Iraqi War First Arab-Israeli War Battle of Jenin First Iraqi-Kurdish War Ramadan Revolution

Abdul Salam Mohammed ʿArif Al-Jumaili (Arabic: عبد السلام محمد عارف الجميليʿAbd al-Salām Muḥammad ʿĀrif al-Jumaylī; 21 March 1921 – 13 April 1966) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the second president of Iraq from 1963 until his death in a plane crash in 1966. He played a leading role in the 14 July Revolution, in which the Hashemite monarchy was overthrown on 14 July 1958.