Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i

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Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i was an Iraqi military officer and statesman who became the country's first president following the 1958 revolution that overthrew the monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
human
military officer
politician
cameToPowerAsResultOf 14 July Revolution
collaboratedWith Free Officers (Iraq)
conflictInvolved Cold War-era Middle Eastern politics
constitutionalRole collective presidency through Sovereignty Council
countryOfCitizenship Iraq
era 20th-century Iraqi politics
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
governedTerritory Iraq
governmentalRole member of the revolutionary leadership in Iraq
governmentBodyLed Sovereignty Council of Iraq
governmentFormedAfterEvent Iraq
surface form: Iraqi Republic
governmentTypeDuringTerm republic
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm Abd al-Karim Qasim
historicalSignificance first president of republican Iraq
ideology Iraqi republicanism
language Arabic
militaryBranch Iraqi Army
militaryRank brigadier
monarchyOverthrown Kingdom of Iraq
surface form: Hashemite monarchy in Iraq
name Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i self-link
notableChangeAssociatedWith transition of Iraq from monarchy to republic
notableEventDuringTerm consolidation of republican rule in Iraq
notableFor being the first president of Iraq after the 1958 revolution
notableOfficeStartContext immediately after the 1958 revolution
office Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Iraq
overthrew King of Iraq
surface form: Iraqi monarchy (as part of revolutionary leadership)
participatedIn 1958 Iraqi coup d'état
placeOfActivity Baghdad
politicalAlignment Republic of Iraq government under Abd al-Karim Qasim
surface form: aligned with Abd al-Karim Qasim’s regime
politicalSystemEstablished Iraq
surface form: Republic of Iraq
positionHeld President of Iraq
precededByInRole Faisal II of Iraq
reasonForNotability served as figurehead president while real power was held by Abd al-Karim Qasim
region Middle East
roleAfterRevolution symbolic representative of the new regime
roleDescription Iraqi military officer and statesman
roleInState ceremonial head of state
sphereOfInfluence Iraqi Security Forces
surface form: Iraqi military

Iraqi politics
title Chairman of the Sovereignty Council

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President of Iraq firstHolder Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
Faisal II of Iraq successor Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
this entity surface form: Mohammed Najib ar-Ruba'i
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i name Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i self-link