Iraqi Governing Council - Council Members

Council Members

  • Samir Shakir Mahmoud
  • Sondul Chapouk
  • Ahmed Chalabi (p)
  • Naseer al-Chaderchi
  • Adnan Pachachi (p)
  • Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (p)
  • Massoud Barzani (p)
  • Jalal Talabani (p)- first and current President of Iraq
  • Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (p)
  • Ahmed al-Barak
  • Ibrahim al-Jaafari (p)- served as second interim Prime Minister of Iraq
  • Raja Habib al-Khuzaai
  • Aquila al-Hashimi (died following assassination attack on September 25, 2003); replaced by Salama al-Khufaji on December 8
  • Younadem Kana
  • Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
  • Mahmoud Othman
  • Hamid Majid Mousa
  • Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (p) - Final council president, served as interim President of Iraq
  • Ezzedine Salim (p) (died in car bomb on May 17, 2004)
  • Mohsen Abdel Hamid (p)
  • Iyad Allawi (p) - served as first interim Prime Minister of Iraq
  • Wael Abdul Latif
  • Mowaffak al-Rubaie
  • Dara Noor Alzin
  • Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi

The presidency of Iraq rotated monthly among nine members of the council. A (p) marks those members above. (See President of Iraq.)

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