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POLITICIAN

Abd al-Karim Qasim

1914 - 1963

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Abdul-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim [ʕabdulkariːm qɑːsɪm]; 21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi military officer and nationalist who came to power in 1958 when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Karim Qasim has received more than 898,715 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Abd al-Karim Qasim is the 2,221st most popular politician (up from 2,811th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 69th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Abd al-Karim Qasim is most famous for being the first prime minister of Iraq.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.08

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 2,221 out of 15,577Before him are Ermanaric, Stefan Milutin, Gannicus, Nadab of Israel, Antiochus II Theos, and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia. After him are Karl Radek, Palmiro Togliatti, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Diaochan, Albert III, Duke of Austria, and Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 24Before him are Richard Widmark, Lída Baarová, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Jonas Salk, Willi Stoph, and Joe Louis. After him are Desmond Llewelyn, Karl Carstens, Joe DiMaggio, Philippe Ariès, George Dantzig, and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani. Among people deceased in 1963, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 24Before him are Sylvia Plath, Theodor Heuss, Thích Quảng Đức, Yasujirō Ozu, Herbert Spencer Gasser, and Rajendra Prasad. After him are Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Michael Rockefeller, Carmen Amaya, Theodore von Kármán, Richard Baer, and Jacques Hadamard.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 62 out of 338Before him are Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941), Tariq Aziz (1936), Fuad Masum (1938), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), and Shalmaneser I (-1400). After him are Al-Mutawakkil (822), Al-Amin (787), Hillel the Elder (-110), Berossus (-400), Urukagina (-2500), and Shamshi-Adad I (-1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 35Before him are Tiglath-Pileser III (-755), Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Tariq Aziz (1936), Fuad Masum (1938), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), and Shalmaneser I (-1400). After him are Al-Mutawakkil (822), Al-Amin (787), Urukagina (-2500), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Hormizd IV (540), and Shulgi (-2200).