1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq

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The 1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq was a Ba'athist-led military coup that overthrew Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and briefly brought the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military coup
political event
revolution
aftermath eventual ouster of Ba'athists in November 1963
internal power struggle within Ba'ath Party
alsoKnownAs 8 February Revolution
1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq
surface form: Ba'athist coup of 1963

Ramadan Revolution
broughtToPower Abd al-Salam Arif
Ba'athist civilian and military leadership
casualties thousands killed or arrested in subsequent purges
cause Ba'athist opposition to Qasim's policies
power struggle between Ba'athists and communists in Iraq
tensions between Qasim and Arab nationalists
chronologyPosition first Ba'athist seizure of power in Iraq
country Iraq
endDate 1963-02-10
followed 1958 Iraqi coup d'état
surface form: 1958 Iraqi Revolution
governmentFormed Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq
surface form: National Council of the Revolutionary Command (Iraq)
hasParticipant Ba'ath Party militias
surface form: Ba'ath Party militia

Iraqi Army
historicalPeriod Republican era in Iraq
ledBy Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Ba'athist military officers
location Baghdad
opposedBy Iraqi Communist Party supporters
forces loyal to Abd al-Karim Qasim
organizedBy Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
surface form: Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
overthrew Abd al-Karim Qasim
Republic of Iraq government under Abd al-Karim Qasim
partOf Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
surface form: Cold War politics in the Middle East
politicalIdeology Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Ba'athism
preceded November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état
relatedTo Iraqi Communist Party
United Arab Republic
pan-Arab movement
religiousCalendarContext Ramadan
result Ba'ath Party seizure of power in Iraq
establishment of a Ba'athist-led government
intensified repression of Iraqi communists
overthrow and execution of Abd al-Karim Qasim
significantFigure Abd al-Salam Arif
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Ali Salih al-Sa'di
Saddam Hussein
startDate 1963-02-08

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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr participatedIn 1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq
Arab Cold War notableEvent 1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq
this entity surface form: 1963 Ba'athist coups in Syria and Iraq
1968 17 July Revolution in Iraq precededBy 1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq
1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq alsoKnownAs 1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq
this entity surface form: Ba'athist coup of 1963