{"id":"abdul-rahman-arif","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif","language":"en","name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","name_en":"Abdul Rahman Arif","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968","headline":"President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Abdul Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli, better known as Abdul Rahman Arif, was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the third president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 July 1968. He was the older brother of the second president of Iraq, Abdul Salam Arif, whom he succeeded after his brother died in an airplane crash in 1966.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"14 April 1916","date":"1916-04-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Baghdad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"24 August 2007","date":"2007-08-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Amman","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3805"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ottoman Iraq","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2617267","end":"1920-04-25"},{"text":"Kingdom of Iraq","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149805","start":"1921-08-23","end":"1958-07-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461"},{"text":"military officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189290"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Arab Socialist Union","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q624111"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Iraq (10 May 1967 – 10 July 1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1476165","start":"1967-05-10","end":"1968-07-10"},{"text":"President of Iraq (16 April 1966 – 17 July 1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889817","start":"1966-04-16","end":"1968-07-17"},{"text":"Chief of the Iraqi General Staff (20 November 1963 – 15 April 1966)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110517194","start":"1963-11-20","end":"1966-04-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Arif","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Abdul Rahman Arif born?","a":"Abdul Rahman Arif was born on 14 April 1916 in Baghdad."},{"q":"What positions has Abdul Rahman Arif held?","a":"Positions held by Abdul Rahman Arif include: Prime Minister of Iraq (1967–1968); President of Iraq (1966–1968); Chief of the Iraqi General Staff (1963–1966)."}],"related":[{"name":"Saddam Hussein","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saddam-hussein"},{"name":"Jalal Talabani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jalal-talabani"},{"name":"Nouri al-Maliki","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nouri-al-maliki"},{"name":"Masoud Barzani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/masoud-barzani"},{"name":"Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-hassan-al-bakr"},{"name":"Haider al-Abadi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/haider-al-abadi"},{"name":"Barham Salih","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barham-salih"},{"name":"Fuad Masum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fuad-masum"},{"name":"Abdul Salam Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-salam-arif"},{"name":"Nuri al-Said","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nuri-al-said"},{"name":"Tahir Yahya","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tahir-yahya"},{"name":"Taha al-Hashimi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/taha-al-hashimi"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/abdul-rahman-arif-56b8bf0222.jpg","width":250,"height":350,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdel-Rahman_Aref.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Arif","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q307393","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307393","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Abdel-Rahman Aref.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdel-Rahman_Aref.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Abdul Rahman Arif, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Abdel-Rahman Aref.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Abdul Rahman Arif\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif?lang=ne"}}