Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

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head of state human military officer politician

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was an Iraqi Ba'athist politician and military officer who served as President of Iraq from 1968 to 1979, overseeing a period of authoritarian rule and modernization before being succeeded by Saddam Hussein.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state → human → military officer → politician →
birthDate	1914-07-01 →
birthPlace	Tikrit, Iraq → Tikrit, Ottoman Empire →
causeOfResignation	officially ill health →
countryOfCitizenship	Iraq →
deathDate	1982-10-04 →
deathPlace	Baghdad, Iraq →
era	Ba'athist Iraq →
ethnicGroup	Arab →
familyName	al-Bakr →
fullName	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr →
givenName	Ahmed →
governmentTypeDuringRule	authoritarian one-party state →
headOfGovernmentEndTime	1979-07-16 →
headOfGovernmentStartTime	1968-07-17 →
ideology	Arab nationalism → Ba'athism → socialism →
knownFor	authoritarian rule in Iraq → leading the 1968 Ba'athist coup in Iraq → modernization and state-led economic development in Iraq → serving as President of Iraq from 1968 to 1979 →
languageSpoken	Arabic →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region →
militaryBranch	Iraqi Army →
militaryRank	brigadier general →
nationality	Iraqi →
occupation	politician → soldier →
officeEndTime	1979-07-16 →
officeStartTime	1968-07-17 →
participatedIn	1958 Iraqi Revolution → 1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq → 1968 17 July Revolution in Iraq →
placeOfBurial	Tikrit, Iraq →
positionHeld	Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq → President of Iraq → President of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council → Prime Minister of Iraq → Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party →
precededBy	Abdul Rahman Arif →
regionGoverned	Republic of Iraq →
religion	Sunni Islam →
succeededBy	Saddam Hussein →
workedWith	Saddam Hussein →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr →	fullName
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region →	notableMember
Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region →	positionHeldBy
Saddam Hussein →	predecessor