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Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i

1904 - 1965

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Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (Arabic: محمد نجيب الربيعي; also spelled Al-Rubaiy; 1904–1965) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the first president of Iraq, from 14 July 1958 to 8 February 1963. Together with Abdul Karim Qassim, he was one of the leaders of the 14 July Revolution that toppled King Faisal II in 1958. While Qassim became prime minister and held most of the power, Ar-Ruba'i was elected head of state with the title of Chairman of the Sovereignty Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i has received more than 284,359 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i is the 5,738th most popular politician (up from 6,191st in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 167th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i ranks 5,738 out of 19,576. Before him are Infante Carlos of Spain, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Tetsu Katayama, Sima Lun, Tiglath-Pileser II, and Kurt Schumacher. After him are Sancha of León, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Feng Yuxiang, Li Jue, Ramiro III of León, and Ernő Gerő.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i ranks 71. Before him are Arnold Gehlen, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Georges Canguilhem, Viktor Brack, Sergey Biryuzov, and Count Basie. After him are Isamu Noguchi, Kuvempu, Felix Nussbaum, Luigi Dallapiccola, Yves Congar, and Minoru Genda. Among people deceased in 1965, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i ranks 40. Before him are Mehdi Ben Barka, Lauri Törni, Sydney Chaplin, Clara Bow, Hans Knappertsbusch, and Angelica Balabanoff. After him are Aksel Sandemose, Carl Oberg, Bernard Baruch, Henry A. Wallace, Chen Cheng, and Hayato Ikeda.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i ranks 161 out of 384. Before him are Al-Musta'in (836), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), Surena (-84), and Al-Mustazhir (1078). After him are Enmebaragesi (-2650), Az-Zahir (1176), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (1200), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), and Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i ranks 103. Before him are Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940), Al-Musta'in (836), Ashur-etil-ilani (-700), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Eannatum (-2500), and Al-Mustazhir (1078). After him are Enmebaragesi (-2650), Az-Zahir (1176), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (1200), Al-Mustakfi (905), and Barham Salih (1960).

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