Abdul Rahman Arif

Abdul Rahman Arif
عبد الرحمن عارف
Arif in 1950
3rd President of Iraq
In office 16 April 1966 – 17 July 1968
Prime Minister	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz Naji Talib Himself Tahir Yahya
Preceded by	Abdul Salam Arif
Succeeded by	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 10 May 1967 – 10 July 1967
President	Himself
Preceded by	Naji Talib
Succeeded by	Tahir Yahya
Personal details
Born	14 April 1916 Baghdad, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	24 August 2007 (aged 91) Amman, Jordan
Political party	Arab Socialist Union
Spouse	Faika Abdul-Mageed Faris Alanee
Relations	Abdul Salam Arif (brother)
Children	5
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Iraq (1939–1958) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)
Branch/service	Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service	1939–1968
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Second World War Middle Eastern theatre Anglo-Iraqi War 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1958 Iraqi coup d'état First Iraqi-Kurdish War Six-Day War

Abdul Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (Arabic: عبد الرحمن محمد عارف الجميلي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿĀrif; 14 April 1916 – 24 August 2007), better known as Abdul Rahman Arif, was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the third president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 July 1968. He was the older brother of the second president of Iraq, Abdul Salam Arif, whom he succeeded after his brother died in an airplane crash in 1966.