Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
Abd al-Muhsin Al-Saadoon | |
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File:Abdel Muhsin Al-Sa'dun.jpg | |
2nd, 5th, 7th and 9th Prime Minister of Iraq | |
In office November 20, 1922 – November 22, 1923 June 26, 1925–November 21, 1926 January 11, 1928–April 28, 1929 September 19, 1929–November 13, 1929 |
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Monarch | Faisal I |
Preceded by | Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani Yasin al-Hashimi Jafar al-Askari Tawfiq al-Suwaidi |
Succeeded by | Jafar al-Askari (twice) Tawfiq al-Suwaidi Naji al-Suwaidi |
Personal details | |
Born | Abd Al-Muhsin bin Fahad Al-Sa'dun 1879 Nasiriyah, Basra Vilayet |
Died | 13 November 1929 Baghdad, Iraq |
Political party | Progressive Party |
Children | Wasif Ali Aida Necla |
Alma mater | Ottoman Military Academy |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
Service/branch | Ottoman Army |
Years of service | Unknown-1909 |
Rank | Binbashi (1905-1909) Second Lieutenant (1909) |
Unit | Infantry |
ʻAbd al-Muḥsin Saʻdūn or Abd al-Muhsin Al-Saadoon, Honorary KCMG (Arabic: عبد المحسن السعدون) (1879 – November 13, 1929) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on four separate occasions between 1922 and 1929.
As-Sa'dun served as a military officer during Ottoman control of the country and as an aide-de-camp to Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II before returning to Iraq and embarking on a career in politics. After World War I, he was an outspoken opponent of the British mandate in the country.
During his third term in office, Al-Saadoon negotiated two important treaties: the Second Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1926), ensuring that the Kurd-dominated Mosul province would remain part of Iraq (with assurances for the rights of the local Kurdish population); and the Turkey-Iraqi Treaty in which Iraq promised to pay Turkey 10 percent of its revenues from the Mosul oil fields in return for Turkish recognition of Iraqi control of the area.[citation needed]
Death
During his fourth term in office, Al-Saadoon died. He died of a self-inflicted wound from a gunshot on November 13, 1929. He left behind a suicide note to his son stating "I have suffered with forbearance all possible insults and contempt."[1]
References
- ↑ Dr. Sinderson Pasha, Harry. Ten Thousand and One Nights. London: Hodder and Stoughton Press, 1973, P. 102-103.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Prime Minister of Iraq November 18, 1922—November 21, 1923 |
Succeeded by Jafar al-Askari |
Preceded by | Prime Minister of Iraq June 19, 1925—November 1, 1926 |
Succeeded by Jafar al-Askari |
Preceded by | Prime Minister of Iraq January 14, 1928—January 20, 1929 |
Succeeded by Tawfiq al-Suwaidi |
Preceded by | Prime Minister of Iraq September 19, 1929—November 13, 1929 |
Succeeded by Naji al-Suwaidi |
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