List of Iraqi ambassadors to the Holy See

The embassy is in Rome

Appointed / Accredited	ambassador	Remarks	Government of Iraq	Pope	Leave post
1966	Hashim Khalil		Naji Talib	Paul VI	1969
1969	Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al-Dawood	Lieutenant General	Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr		1970
Aug 12, 1971	Hassan Mustafa Al-Nakib	general	Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr		1976
1976	Qais T. Al-Mukhtar	Chargé d'affaires	Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr		1977
1977	Salah Omar al-Ali	(* July 17, 1938 in Tikrit )	Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr		1978
1978	Tariq Ahmad Marouf	Chargé d'affaires	Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr	John Paul I.	1980
1980	Anwar Sabri Abdul Razzak		Saddam Hussein	John Paul II	1983
1983	Abdul Samad Hamid Ali Al-Kaisi	Chargé d'affaires	Saddam Hussein		1984
Feb. 3, 1984	Abdul Wadood YM Al-Jaddoua		Saddam Hussein		1985
1985	Hisham Al-Khudhairy	Chargé d'affaires	Saddam Hussein		1986
1986	Wissam Chawkat Al-Zahawie		Saddam Hussein		2000
2001	Abdul Amir Al-Anbari		Saddam Hussein		2003
2003	Naseer K. Jawad	Chargé d'affaires	Saddam Hussein		2004
2004	Albert Edward Ismail Yelda		Iyad Allawi		2010
June 2012	Habbeb Mohammed Hadi Ali Al-Sadr	(* December 24, 1951 in Karbala )	Javad al-Maliki	Benedict XVI.

Individual evidence

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