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Abdul Salam Arif (1921, Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 - April 13, 1966) (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ??? ?????? ???? ) was president of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 from 1963 to 1966. On July 14, 1958, he played a leading role in the coup in which the Hashemite
Hashemite

Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
 monarchy was overthrown. After prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim
Abdul Karim Qassim

Abd al-Karim Qasim , was a nationalist Iraqi military officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'?tat, wherein the kings of Iraq was eliminated....
 was overthrown on February 8, 1963, Arif was elected president of Iraq due to his tremendus popularity. He at first supported the Ba'ath Party, but withdrew from it following an anti-Ba'ath movement later in 1963.






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Abdul Salam Arif (1921, Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 - April 13, 1966) (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ??? ?????? ???? ) was president of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 from 1963 to 1966. On July 14, 1958, he played a leading role in the coup in which the Hashemite
Hashemite

Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
 monarchy was overthrown. After prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim
Abdul Karim Qassim

Abd al-Karim Qasim , was a nationalist Iraqi military officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'?tat, wherein the kings of Iraq was eliminated....
 was overthrown on February 8, 1963, Arif was elected president of Iraq due to his tremendus popularity. He at first supported the Ba'ath Party, but withdrew from it following an anti-Ba'ath movement later in 1963. President Arif played a major role in Iraq construction and developing its infrastructure. A pan-Arabist, he believed in founding one Arab united state. He was killed in a helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
 crash in southern Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, some believe it to be an act of sabotage and his brother Abdul Rahman Arif
Abdul Rahman Arif

Hajj Abdul Rahman Arif 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....
 replaced him.