Arif Abd ar-Razzaq

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Brigadier Arif Abd ar-Razzaq
عارف عبد الرزاق
Arif in 1966
50th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 6 September 1965 – 21 September 1965
President	Abdul Salam Arif
Preceded by	Tahir Yahya
Succeeded by	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Minister of Agriculture
In office November 1963 – March 1964
Prime Minister	Tahir Yahya
Personal details
Born	1921 Kubaysah, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	30 March 2007 (aged 86) Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Political party	Arab Socialist Union Arab Nationalist Movement
Children	Rafi Razzak
Profession	Combat pilot Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Iraq
Branch/service	Air Force
Years of service	1939–1967
Rank	Brigadier
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1967 Six Day War

Arif Abd ar-Razzaq (1921 – 30 March 2007; Arabic: عارف عبد الرزاق) was Prime Minister of Iraq for 11 days in September 1965. On September 17 he fled to Egypt, after participating in a failed coup d'état against President Abdul Salam Arif. On 12 June 1966 he led another unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the new government of Premier Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz and President Abdul Rahman Arif.^[1]