{"id":"muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i","language":"en","name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","name_en":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Iraq (1904-1965)","headline":"President of Iraq (1904-1965)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (Arabic: مُحَمَّد نَجِيب الرَّبِيعِيّ; also spelled Al-Rubaiy; 1904–1965) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the first president of Iraq, from 14 July 1958 to 8 February 1963. Together with Abdul Karim Qasim, he was one of the leaders of the 14 July Revolution that toppled King Faisal II and the Hashemite Iraqi monarchy in 1958.","summary_more":["While Qasim became prime minister and held most of the power, Ar-Ruba'i was elected head of state with the title of Chairman of the Sovereignty Council. The Sovereignty Council had a representative from each of the communal/ethnic groups. Ar-Ruba'i represented the Sunni community.","In 1963, Qasim was deposed in the Ramadan Revolution. This led Ar-Ruba'i to retire from politics, and he eventually died in 1965."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"14 July 1904","date":"1904-07-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377#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/Q1193377#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"6 December 1965","date":"1965-12-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Baghdad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377#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/Q1193377#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189290"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"independent politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327591"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Iraq (14 July 1958 – 8 February 1963)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889817","start":"1958-07-14","end":"1963-02-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Najib_ar-Ruba%27i","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i born?","a":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i was born on 14 July 1904 in Baghdad."},{"q":"What positions has Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i held?","a":"Positions held by Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i include: President of Iraq (1958–1963)."}],"related":[{"name":"Saddam Hussein","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saddam-hussein"},{"name":"Jalal Talabani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jalal-talabani"},{"name":"Barham Salih","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barham-salih"},{"name":"Fuad Masum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fuad-masum"},{"name":"Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-hassan-al-bakr"},{"name":"Abdul Salam Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-salam-arif"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i-d172817d2f.jpg","width":500,"height":620,"license":"Public domain","credit":"حكومة الجمهورية العراقية","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Najib_ar-Ruba%27i","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1193377","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193377","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: الربيعي.jpg by حكومة الجمهورية العراقية (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A.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 Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: الربيعي.jpg — حكومة الجمهورية العراقية, Public domain.","cite":"\"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T09:28:17Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i?lang=ne"}}