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1936 Iraqi coup d'état

1936 Iraqi coup d'état
Date October 29, 1936
Location Iraq Kingdom of Iraq
Result

Successful coup:

  • Yasin al-Hashimi resigns
  • Hikmat Sulayman installed as Prime Minister
  • Assassination of Baqr Sidki in Mosul on August 12, 1937
Belligerents
Iraq Iraqi Government Iraq Bakr Sidqi's supporters
Commanders and leaders

Iraq Yasin al-Hashimi
Prime Minister of Iraq
Iraq Nuri al-Said

Iraq General Ja'afar al-Askari  †

Iraq Bakr Sidqi
Commander of Iraqi Army

Iraq Hikmat Sulayman
Former Prime Minister
Strength
Two battalions

Successful coup:

Iraq Yasin al-Hashimi
Prime Minister of Iraq
Iraq Nuri al-Said

Iraq Bakr Sidqi
Commander of Iraqi Army

The 1936 Iraqi coup d'état, also known as the Bakr Sidqi coup was the first military coup in modern Iraq (and actually the first military coup among Arab countries), initiated by general Bakr Sidqi in order to otherthrow Prime Minister Yasin al-Hashimi. The coup succeeded in installing Hikmat Sulayman as the new Prime Minister, while Sidqi was de'facto ruler of Iraq as powerful Chief of Staff. Bakr Sidqi was assassinated the next year in Mosul. After Baqr Sidki's coup and until 1941, in a wave of political instability, the Kingdom of Iraq experienced 6 more political coups, involving extra-constitutional transfer of power.


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