monarch native_name_lang predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party office native_name birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
faisal i ghazi faisal ii ar naji shawkat nuri as-said taha al-hashimi jamil al-midfai taha al-hashimi jamil al-midfai august 28 , 1965 1892 baghdad , iraq beirut , lebanon sunni islam party of national brotherhood 13th , 21st and 23rd prime minister of iraq رشيد عالي الكيلاني 1892 march 20 , 1933 rashid ali al-gaylani . jpg rashid ali al-gaylani
 november january 31 , 1941 april 3 , 1941 - may 9 29 , 1941 , 1933 march 31 , 1940 - rashid aali al-gaylani
rashid ali al-gaylani

rashid aali al-gaylani -lrb- , also spelled sayyad rashid aali al-gillani , sayyad rashid ali al-gailani , or sometimes sayyad rashid ali el keilany -rrb- -lrb- 1892 -- august 28 , 1965 -rrb- served as prime minister of the kingdom of iraq on three occasions .
he is chiefly remembered as an arab nationalist who attempted to remove the british influence from iraq .
during his brief tenures as prime minister in 1940 and 1941 , he attempted to negotiate settlements with the axis powers during world war ii in order to counter british influence in iraq .
