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Hajj Abdul Rahman Arif (Arabic ??? ?????? ???? ) (1916 – August 24, 2007) was president of Iraq from April 16, 1966 to July 16, 1968.
He was a career soldier, and supported the military coup in 1958 that overthrew the monarchy. He also supported the coup that brought his brother, Abdul Salam Arif to power in 1963. His brother appointed him head of the army following the coup, and when the younger Arif died in a helicopter crash, Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz became acting president; three days later the military decided that Abdul Salam should be succeeded by his older brother instead.
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Hajj Abdul Rahman Arif (Arabic ??? ?????? ???? ) (1916 – August 24, 2007) was president of Iraq from April 16, 1966 to July 16, 1968.
He was a career soldier, and supported the military coup in 1958 that overthrew the monarchy. He also supported the coup that brought his brother, Abdul Salam Arif to power in 1963. His brother appointed him head of the army following the coup, and when the younger Arif died in a helicopter crash, Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz became acting president; three days later the military decided that Abdul Salam should be succeeded by his older brother instead. Arif was appointed president by the Revolutionary Command Council. He continued his brother's politics, but with a more nationalistic profile.
His presidency was a turbulent one, and on July 16, 1968, while Arif was sleeping, his own assistants along with members of the Ba'ath Party, Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, overthrew him in a bloodless coup. As Rahman Arif and his brother Salam Arif had done in the 1963 coup against Qasim, the coalition declared victory once they had captured the radio station and the ministry of defense.
It was accomplished when the defense minister, Hardan Al-Tikriti, phoned Arif informing him that he was no longer president. Arif was exiled to Turkey.
He returned to Iraq in 1979, when Saddam Hussein came to power, and largely stayed out of the public and political spotlight afterwards. He was allowed to leave the country once by Hussein's regime to undertake the Hajj. Arif left Iraq permanently after Hussein was removed from power by the U.S.-led invasion, and lived in Amman, Jordan from 2004. He died in Amman on August 24 2007.
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- "The existence of Israel is an error which we must put right. This is our opportunity to wipe out the disgrace which is Israel which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear- to wipe Israel off the map", speaking on the Radio, 1 June 1967
- “I hope there will be stability and security in all parts of Iraq and neighboring Arab countries,” he said. “I hope there will be national unity in Iraq by forgetting the past and looking for the future.”
He was married from Faika Abdul-Mageed Faris Alanee, Faika's brother: Faik,Subhee,Kamal,Riyadh and Faris.
his death was in Amman-Jordan in Aug.24,2007 ,
Shiite militia threatened to kill all of his family included his wife'srelatives and anyone who attended his funeral ceremony who is of Sunna sect
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