Iraq Poitical timeline

By monkeymanirl

  • Iraq in WWII

    Iraq was occupied by Britan in WWII

  • Iraq is declared a republic

    Iraq's monarchy is overthrown. It is overthrown by military groups by Brig Abd-al-Karim Qasim and Col Abd-al-Salam Muhammad Arif. after the overthrow, Iraq becomes a republic.

  • Arif becomes president

    While in his presidency, he is overthrows the Baathist government with the help of a group of officers.

  • Arif'd death

    Arif dies in a helecopter crash. After his death, his brother Maj-Gen Abd-al-Rahman Muhammad Arif succeeds him

  • Suddam Hussein becomes president

    Suddam Hussein takes place as the president of Iraq
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    Iran Iraq war

  • Iraq invades Kuwait

    The bacame what was known as the first gulf war. Iraq was ran out on February of 1991 by US Military forces

  • Hussein remains president

    Saddam Hussein wins a referendum allowing him to remain president for another seven years

  • Hussein Captured

    Saddam was captured in Tikrit

  • Hussein Executed

    Saddam was executed for crimes aginst humanity