Rashid Ali al-Gaylani

Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
رشيد عالي الکَيلاني
13th,21st and 23rd Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 20 March 1933 – 9 November 1933
Monarchs	Faisal I Ghazi I
Preceded by	Naji Shawkat
Succeeded by	Jamil al-Midfai
In office 31 March 1940 – 3 February 1941
Monarchs	Faisal II Prince Abdullah (Regent)
Preceded by	Nuri al-Said
Succeeded by	Taha al-Hashimi
In office 13 April 1941 – 30 May 1941
Monarchs	Faisal II Sharaf bin Rajeh (Regent)
Preceded by	Taha al-Hashimi
Succeeded by	Jamil al-Midfai
Personal details
Born	1892 Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
Died	28 August 1965(1965-08-28) (aged 72–73) Beirut, Lebanon
Political party	Party of National Brotherhood

Rashid Ali al-Gaylani^{[note 1]} (Arabic: رشيد عالي الکَيلاني, Arabic pronunciation: [raʃiːd ʕaːliː al.keːlaːniː]) (1892 – 28 August 1965) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq on three occasions: from March to November 1933, from March 1940 to February 1941 and from April to May 1941. He is chiefly remembered as an ardent Arab nationalist who attempted to remove the British influence from Iraq by starting a coup against the government in 1941. During his brief tenures as prime minister in 1940 and 1941, he attempted to negotiate settlements with the Axis powers during World War II in order to counter British influence in Iraq.
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