Senate of Iraq

Iraqi Senators in 1933

The Senate of Iraq (Arabic: مجلس الاعيان; Majlis al-A`yan) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral parliament established by the Mandatory Iraq's 1925 constitution. There were around twenty Senators, appointed for eight years by the King of Iraq. The Senate remained in existence until the 1958 revolution.

Presidents of the Senate

Name Took office Left office Notes
Yusuf al-Suwaydi July 1925 2 November 1929
Mohammad Al-Sadr 2 November 1929 February 1937
Muhammed Ridha al-Shabibi 27 February 1937 August 1937
Mohammad Al-Sadr December 1937 December 1943
Jamil Al-Madfai December 1943 December 1944
Salih Bashayan [ar] December 1944 December 1945
Nuri Al-Said December 1945 21 November 1946
Mohammad Al-Sadr June 1948 1948
Nuri Al-Said 1948 6 January 1949
Jamil Al-Madfai ? - 1952 January 1953
Jamil Al-Madfai September 1953 1957 - ?
Abdul Hadi Chalabi ? - 1958 14 July 1958

Members

Members of the Iraqi Senate included:

See also

References

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