Abdul Salam Arif
A Unified Political Command (, "qiyāda siyāsiyya muwaḥḥada"), also translated as "Joint Political Command" or "Unified Political Leadership", was agreed in 1964 between the presidents of Egypt and Iraq (Gamal Abdel Nasser and Abdul Salam Arif) as well as between the presidents of Egypt and North Yemen (Nasser and Abdullah as-Sallal). Both projects were parallel but not linked with each other. The "Unified Political Command" was meant as a kind of transitional government which should prepare the gradual merger of Iraq with Egypt and North Yemen with Egypt in a new United Arab Republic.