First Republic of Iraq

For other uses, see Iraqi Republic.

Iraqi Republic الجمهورية العراقية کۆماری عێراق
1958–1968
Top: Flag (1959–1963) Bottom: Flag (1963–1968) Top: Emblem (1959–1965) Bottom: Emblem (1965–1968)
Anthem: (1958–1965) موطني Mawtini "My Homeland" (1965–1968) والله زمان يا سلاحي Walla Zaman Ya Selahy "It has been a long time, oh my weapon!"
Capital and largest city	Baghdad
Common languages	Arabic and Kurdish
Government	Unitary one-party parliamentary republic (1958–1963) under a military junta (1958–1963) under a military dictatorship (1963) Unitary one-party socialist state under a military junta (1963–1968)
President
• 1958–1963	Muhammad Najib
• 1963–1966	Abdul Salam Arif
• 1966	Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (acting)
• 1966–1968	Abdul Rahman Arif
Vice President
• 1963–1964	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Prime Minister
• 1958–1963	Abd al-Karim Qasim
• 1963	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
• 1963–1965	Tahir Yahya
• 1965	Arif Abd ar-Razzaq
• 1965–1966	Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz
• 1966–1967	Naji Talib
• 1967	Abdul Rahman Arif
• 1967–1968	Tahir Yahya
Legislature	Revolutionary Military Council (1958–1965) National Defence Council (1965–1968)
Historical era	Cold War Arab Cold War
• 14 July Revolution	14 July 1958
• 1959 Mosul uprising	7–11 March 1959
• Ramadan Revolution	8–10 February 1963
• Ar-Rashid revolt	3 July 1963
• Nasserist Counter-coup	13–18 November 1963
• Arif Abd ar-Razzaq first coup	14 September 1965
• Arif Abd ar-Razzaq second coup	29 June 1966
• 17 July Revolution	17 July 1968
Currency	Iraqi dinar (IQD)
ISO 3166 code	IQ
Preceded by Succeeded by Arab Federation Ba'athist Iraq
Today part of	Iraq

The Republic of Iraq, retroactively known as First Iraqi Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العراقية الأولى) and also as, Iraqi Republic, Qasimist Iraq (1958–1963) and Nasserist Iraq (1963–1968), was the Iraqi state created in 1958 under the rule of President Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i and Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Qasim. ar-Ruba'i and Qasim first came to power through the 14 July Revolution in which the Kingdom of Iraq's Hashemite dynasty was overthrown. As a result, the Kingdom and the Arab Federation were dissolved and the Iraqi republic established. Arab nationalists later took power and overthrew Qasim in the Ramadan Revolution in February 1963, and then Nasserists consolidated their power after another coup in November 1963. The era ended with the Ba'athist rise to power in a coup in July 1968.

Iraq was a unitary state with power centralised in the national government while it operated under the military regime, with the country additionally being under one-party rule as well.