Muhammad Najib ar-Rubai'i
Muhammad Najib ar-Rubai'i ( Arabic محمد نجيب الربيعي, DMG Muḥammad Naǧīb ar-Rubaiʿī ) (1904–1965) was the first head of state of the Republic of Iraq from July 14, 1958 to February 8, 1963.
Together with Abd al-Karim Qasim, he was one of the leaders of the coup in 1958 that overthrew King Faisal II . As a result of the coup, Abd al-Karim Qasim came to power and became prime minister. Ar-Rubai'i became chairman of the three-member Sovereignty Council (State Council), which acted as the collective head of state , but had only representative tasks. The Sovereignty Council represented the three main ethnic groups in Iraq (Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs, Sunni Kurds) and ar-Rubai'i represented the Sunni Arabs, Khalid an-Naqshbandi the Sunni Kurds and Muhammad Kubba the Shiite Arabs. Ar-Rubai'i also became chairman of the Security Council.
On October 7, 1959, 22-year-old Saddam Hussein tried in vain to murder him or Qasim. In February 1963, Qasim was overthrown in a coup by Abd al-Salam Arif . Ar-Rubai'i had to withdraw from politics and played no further role. He died in 1965.
literature
- Marion and Peter Sluglett: Iraq since 1958 - From Revolution to Dictatorship. Suhrkamp Frankfurt 1991
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ben Cahoon: Iraq - Chronology (web) worldstatesmen.org. 2000. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ↑ Iraq PROFILE (web) US Department of State. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | ar-Rubai'i, Muhammad Najib |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | محمد نجيب الربيعي (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi President |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |