Arif Abdul Razzaq

Head of state or government

Arif Abdul Razzaq was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the 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 Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz and President Abdul Rahman Arif.