Abd al-Salam Arif

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Abd al-Salam Arif was an Iraqi military officer and nationalist politician who became president of Iraq in the 1960s after playing a key role in the country’s revolutionary coups.

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Abd al-Salam Arif canonical 2

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instanceOf head of state
human
military officer
politician
allegiance Iraq NERFINISHED
birthDate 1921-03-21
birthPlace Baghdad NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Iraq NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath aircraft crash
countryOfCitizenship Iraq NERFINISHED
deathDate 1966-04-13
deathPlace Iraq NERFINISHED
near Basra
era 20th century
familyName Arif NERFINISHED
fullName Abd al-Salam Mohammed Arif NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Abd al-Salam NERFINISHED
ideology Arab nationalism
pan-Arabism
languageSpoken Arabic
memberOf Iraqi Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank brigadier
notableFor leading role in Iraqi revolutionary coups
presidency during early Ba'athist era power struggles
officeEnd 1966-04-13
officeHeld President of Iraq from 1963 to 1966
officeStart 1963-02-08
participatedIn 14 July Revolution NERFINISHED
Ramadan Revolution NERFINISHED
positionHeld President of Iraq
Prime Minister of Iraq
Vice President of Iraq
precededBy Abdul Salam Mohammed Aref as President of Iraq NERFINISHED
relative Abdul Rahman Arif NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
serviceBranch Iraqi Army NERFINISHED
sibling Abdul Rahman Arif NERFINISHED
succeededBy Abdul Rahman Arif as President of Iraq NERFINISHED
supported unionist policies with the United Arab Republic
wasKeyFigureIn 1963 Iraqi coup d'état NERFINISHED
overthrow of the Iraqi monarchy in 1958

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