# List of ministers of defence of Iraq

This is a list of Iraqi defence ministers from 1921 till present.

## List of ministers of defence
### Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Prime Minister |
| Jafar al-Askari | 23 October 1920 | 16 November 1922 | Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani |
| Nuri as-Said | 20 November 1922 | 2 August 1924 | |
| Yasin al-Hashimi | 2 August 1924 | 2 June 1925 | |
| Nuri as-Said | 26 June 1925 | 8 January 1928 | |
| Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun | 14 January 1928 | 20 January 1929 | |
| Muhammad Amin Zaki | 28 April 1929 | 25 August 1929 | |
| Nuri al-Sa’id | 19 September 1929 | 19 March 1930 | |
| Jafar al-Askari | 23 March 1930 | 27 October 1932 | |
| Rashid al-Khawja | 3 November 1932 | 18 March 1933 | |
| Jalal Baban | 20 March 1933 | 28 October 1933 | |

### Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | President |
| Abd al-Karim Qasim | 14 July 1958 | 8 February 1963 | Independent | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i |
| Salah Mahdi Ammash | 8 February 1963 | 10 November 1963 | Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Abdul Salam Arif |
| Hardan al-Tikriti | 10 November 1963 | 2 March 1964 | | Abdul Salam Arif |
| Tahir Yahya | 2 March 1964 | 3 September 1965 | Arab Socialist Union | Abdul Salam Arif |
| Arif Abd ar-Razzaq | 6 September 1965 | 16 September 1965 | Arab Socialist Union | Abdul Salam Arif |
| Abd al-'Aziz al-'Uqaili | 21 September 1965 | 18 April 1966 | | Abdul Salam Arif |
| Shakir Mahmud Shukri | 18 April 1966 | 17 July 1968 | | Abdul Rahman Arif |

### Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | President |
| Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Dawoud | 17 July 1968 | 30 July 1968 | Independent | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Hardan al-Tikriti | 30 July 1968 | April 1970 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Hammad Shihab | April 1970 | 30 June 1973 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Abdullah al-Khadduri (acting) | 30 June 1973 | 11 November 1974 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | 11 November 1974 | 15 October 1977 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Adnan Khairallah | 15 October 1977 | 4 May 1989 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Saddam Hussein |
| Abdul Jabbar Shanshal | 4 May 1989 | 1990 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Saddam Hussein |
| Saadi Toma | 12 December 1990 | 6 April 1991 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Saddam Hussein |
| Ali Hassan al-Majid | 1991 | 1995 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Saddam Hussein |
| Sultan Hashim | 1995 | 2003 | Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) | Saddam Hussein |

### Republic of Iraq (2004–present)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister |
| Ali Allawi | April 2004 | June 2004 | Independent | Ayad Allawi |
| Hazim al-Shaalan | June 2004 | 1 June 2005 | Iraqi National Congress | Ayad Allawi |
| Saadoun al-Dulaimi | 1 June 2005 | 6 March 2006 | Independent | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Abdul Qadir Obeidi | 6 March 2006 | 21 December 2010 | Independent | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Nouri al-Maliki | 21 December 2010 | 17 August 2011 | State of Law Coalition | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Saadoun al-Dulaimi | 17 August 2011 | 18 October 2014 | Unity Alliance of Iraq | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Khaled al-Obaidi | 18 October 2014 | 19 August 2016 | Unity Alliance of Iraq | Haider al-Abadi |
| Othman al-Ghanmi (interim) | 19 August 2016 | 30 January 2017 | State of Law Coalition | Haider al-Abadi |
| Erfan al-Hiyali | 30 January 2017 | 24 June 2019 | State of Law Coalition | Haider al-Abadi |
| Najah al-Shammari | 24 June 2019 | 6 May 2020 | | Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
| Juma Inad | 6 May 2020 | Incumbent | | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani |