# Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq is a cabinet ministry of Iraq, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.

## Organisation

Iraq maintains 86 Diplomatic missions worldwide.

## List of ministers

The following is a list of foreign ministers of Iraq since 1924:

### Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958)

* 1924–1930: the prime ministers
* 1930–1931: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji
* 1931–1932: Ja'far al-Askari
* 1932–1933: Abdul Qadir Rashid
* 1933–1934: Nuri al-Said
* 1934: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji
* 1934: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1934–1936: Nuri al-Said
* 1936–1937: Naji al-Asil
* 1937–1938: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1938–1939: Nuri al-Said
* 1939–1940: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
* 1940–1941: Nuri al-Said
* 1941: Ali Mahmud al-Shaykh
* 1941: Taha al-Hashimi
* 1941: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1941: Musa al-Shabandar
* 1941: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
* 1941–1942: Sayyid Salih Jabr (acting)
* 1942: Abdullah Bey al-Damluji (acting)
* 1942: Dawood Al-Haidari (acting)
* 1942: Nuri al-Said (acting)
* 1942–1943: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
* 1943: Nasrat al-Farisi
* 1943: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
* 1943–1944: Mahmud Subhi al-Daftari
* 1944–1945: Arshad al-Umari
* 1945–1946: Hamdi al-Pachachi
* 1946: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1946: Ali Mumtaz
* 1946–1948: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
* 1948: Hamdi al-Pachachi
* 1948: Nasrat al-Farisi
* 1948: Muzahim al-Bajaji
* 1948–1949: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
* 1949: Abdul Ilah al-Hafiz
* 1949: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
* 1949: Shakir al-Wadi
* 1949–1950: Muzahim al-Bajaji
* 1950: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1950–1951: Shakir al-Wadi
* 1951: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1951–1952: Shakir al-Wadi
* 1952: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
* 1953: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
* 1953–1954: Abdullah Bakr
* 1954: Musa al-Shabandar
* 1954: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
* 1954–1955: Musa al-Shabander
* 1955–1957: Burhanuddin Bashayan
* 1957: Ali Jawdat Al-Ayyubi
* 1957–1958: Burhanuddin Bashayan
* 1958: Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
* 1958: Tawfiq al-Suwaidi

### Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

* 1958–1959: Abdul Jabbar Jomard
* 1959–1963: Hashem Jawad
* 1963: Talib Shabib
* 1963: Salih Mahdi Ammash
* 1963–1964: Subhi Abdul Hamid
* 1964–1965: Naji Talib
* 1965: Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz
* 1965–1967: Adnan Pachachi
* 1967–1968: Ismail Khairallah (acting)

### Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

* 1968: Nasser al-Hani
* 1968–1971: Abdul Karim al-Shaikhly
* 1971: Rashid al-Rifai
* 1971–1974: Murtada Said Abdel Baki al-Hadithi
* 1974: Shathel Taqa
* 1974: Hisham al-Shawi (acting)
* 1974–1983: Sa'dun Hammadi
* 1983–1991: Tariq Aziz
* 1991–1992: Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai
* 1992–2001: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
* 2001: Tariq Aziz (acting)
* 2001–2003: Naji Sabri

### Republic of Iraq (2004–present)

| Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister |
| Hoshyar Zebari | 1 September 2003 | 11 July 2014 | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Coalition Provisional Authority, Ayad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Nouri al-Maliki |
| Hussain al-Shahristani (interim) | 11 July 2014 | 8 September 2014 | State of Law Coalition | Nouri al-Maliki |
| Ibrahim al-Jaafari | 8 September 2014 | 25 October 2018 | State of Law Coalition | Haider al-Abadi |
| Mohamed Ali Alhakim | 25 October 2018 | 12 May 2020 | Independent | Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
| Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (interim) | 12 May 2020 | 6 June 2020 | Independent | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Mohammed Shia al Sudani |
| Fuad Hussein | 6 June 2020 | Incumbent | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Mohammed Shia al Sudani |