Naji Al-Suwaidi

Naji al-Suwaidi
ناجي السويدي
10th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 18 November 1929 – 23 March 1930
Monarch	Faisal I
Preceded by	Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Succeeded by	Nuri as-Said
Personal details
Born	1882 Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
Died	17 August 1942(1942-08-17) (aged 59–60) South Africa
Relations	Yusef Effendi al-Suwaidi (father) Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (brother) Aref al-Suwaidi (brother) Shaker Al-Suwaidi (brother)

Naji al-Suwaydi (Arabic: ناجي السويدي;‎ 1882 – 17 August 1942) was an Iraqi politician who served as the prime minister from November 1929 to March 1930.

Naji al-Suwaydi became prime minister in November 1929, following the suicide of Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun. His short time in the post was marked by street protests agitating for a treaty that would pave the way towards Iraqi independence from the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. That turmoil, combined with attacks from hostile newspapers and undermining from both King Faisal I and Nuri as-Said, led him to resign in March 1930.

Al-Suwaydi presided over the 1937 Bloudan Conference, one of the first pan-Arab conferences held in solidarity with Palestinian Arabs against the Zionist movement.

He served as Minister of Finance from February 1934 to August 1934, from March 1940 to February 1941 and April 1941 - May 1941.^[1]

He was the brother of Tawfiq al-Suwaydi, also a Prime Minister of Iraq.

References

• Charles Tripp (2002). A History of Iraq. Cambridge University Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-521-52900-X.

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Prime ministers of Iraq (List)

Mandatory Iraq (1920–1932)

al-Gillani al-Saadoun† al-Askari† al-Hashimi† Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Naji al-Suwaydi al-Said†

Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958)

Shawkat al-Gaylani al-Midfai† al-Aiyubi† al-Hashimi† Sulayman al-Said† H. Pachachi Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Arshad al-Umari Jabr as-Sadr Muzahim al-Pachachi Mustafa al-Umari Mahmud† al-Jamali Arshad al-Umari Mirjan Baban

Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

Qasim† al-Bakr† Yahya† ar-Razzaq† al-Bazzaz† Talib Arif† Yahya†

Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003)

an-Naif† al-Bakr Hussein Hammadi Zubeidi as-Samarrai Hussein

Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004)

al-Ulooum* al-Jaafari Chalabi Allawi Talabani al-Hakim A. Pachachi Hamid al-Uloom Barzani Salim al-Yawer

Republic of Iraq (since 2004)

Allawi* al-Jaafari al-Maliki al-Abadi Abdul-Mahdi Al-Kadhimi Al Sudani

^* interim     ^† military

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