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The Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, officially the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was the highest decision-making organ of the Ba'ath Party organization in Iraq. The Regional Command has normally had 19–21 members throughout its history. When in power, the Directorate of Security Affairs was responsible for the security of the president and the senior members of the Regional Command.

The Iraqi Regional Branch was organized on the Marxist–Leninist model, with a small elite, the Regional Command, controlling the party from the top down. As in the Soviet Union, the party leadership became the government. While the Regional Command was the de facto highest legislative and executive organ of state and party, the Revolutionary Command Council was according to the 1970 Constitution of Iraq "the supreme body of the state." In theory, the Regional Command was to be subordinate to the National Command.

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Secretary of the Regional Command No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Tenure Took office Left office Duration 1 Fuad al-Rikabi فؤاد الركابي (1932–1971) 1954 29 November 1959 5 years 2 Talib El-Shibib طالب الشبيب (1934–1997) 2 February 1960 May 1962 2 years, 2 months 3 Ali Salih al-Sa'di علي صالح السعدي (1928–1977) May 1962 25 September 1963 1 year, 4 months 4 Hamdi Abd al-Majid حمدي عبد المجيد 25 September 1963 11 November 1963 47 days 5 Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) 11 November 1963 February 1964 2 months 6 Saddam Hussein صدام حسين‎ (1937–2006) February 1964 October 1966 2 years, 8 months (5) Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr أحمد حسن البكر (1914–1982) October 1966 16 July 1979 12 years, 9 months (6) Saddam Hussein صدام حسين‎ (1937–2006) 16 July 1979 30 December 2006 † 27 years, 167 days 7 Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri عزت إبراهيم الدوري (1942–2020) 3 January 2007 26 October 2020 † 13 years, 297 days 8 Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed محمد يونس الاحمد (born 1949) 3 January 2007 Incumbent 18 years, 17 days Deputy Secretary of the Regional Command No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Tenure Took office Left office Duration Unknown (pre–1966) 1 Saddam Hussein صدام حسين‎ (1937–2006) October 1966 16 July 1979 12 years, 9 months 2 Taha Yassin Ramadan طه ياسين رمضان (1938–2007) 16 July 1979 September 1991 12 years, 1 month 3 Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri عزت إبراهيم الدوري (1942–2020) September 1991 3 January 2007 15 years, 4 months Unknown (2007–present) Notes In opposition to al-Douri until 2020.

Members

References

General
Regional Command membership was taken from this source:

• Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, pp. 389–392

Specific

1. Sassoon 2012, p. 36.
2. Sassoon 2012, p. 99.
3. Coughlin 2005, pp. 73–74.
4. Coughlin 2005, p. 74.
5. Ghareeb & Dougherty 2004, p. 192.

Bibliography

• Coughlin, Con (2005). Saddam: His Rise and Fall. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-050543-5.
• Ghareeb, Edmund; Dougherty, Beth (2004). Historical dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4330-1.
• Tripp, Charles (2010). A History of Iraq. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87823-4.
• Sassoon, Joseph (2012). Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-14915-0.

• Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians
• Organizations established in 1955
• Executive committees of political parties