Name Arif ar-Razzaq Children Rafi Razzak | Nationality Iraqi Religion Sunni Islam | |
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Died 2007, Reading, United Kingdom | ||
Succeeded by Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz |
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq or Aref Abdel Razzak (1921 – 30 March 2007; Arabic: عارف عبد الرزاق) was Prime Minister of Iraq for 11 days in September 1965. On September 17 he fled to Egypt, after participating in a failed coup d'état against President Abdul Salam Arif. On 12 June 1966 he led another unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the new government of Premier Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz and President Abdul Rahman Arif.
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