Senate of Iraq
Former upper house of the Parliament of Iraq
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The Senate of Iraq (Arabic: مجلس الاعيان; Majlis al-A`yan) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral parliament established by the Mandatory Iraq's 1925 constitution. There were around twenty Senators, appointed for eight years by the King of Iraq.[1] The Senate remained in existence until the 1958 revolution.
Presidents of the Senate
| Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yusuf al-Suwaydi | July 1925 | 2 November 1929 | [2][3][4][5] |
| Mohammad Al-Sadr | 2 November 1929 | February 1937 | [6][7][8][9] |
| Muhammed Ridha al-Shabibi | 27 February 1937 | August 1937 | [10][8][11] |
| Mohammad Al-Sadr | December 1937 | December 1943 | [9][12] |
| Jamil Al-Madfai | December 1943 | December 1944 | [13][14] |
| Salih Bashayan | December 1944 | December 1945 | [15] |
| Nuri Al-Said | December 1945 | 21 November 1946 | [16] |
| Mohammad Al-Sadr | June 1948 | 1948 | [9] |
| Nuri Al-Said | 1948 | 6 January 1949 | [13] |
| Jamil Al-Madfai | ? - 1952 | January 1953 | [13][14][17] |
| Jamil Al-Madfai | September 1953 | 1957 - ? | [13][18] |
| Abdul Hadi Chalabi | ? - 1958 | 14 July 1958 | [19] |
Members
Members of the Iraqi Senate included:
- Menahem Saleh Daniel. Appointed 1925, representing Iraqi Jews. Remained member until 1932, when he was succeeded by his son.[20][21]
- Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi. Appointed 1925, remained member until 1929.[22]
- Mawlud Mukhlis. Appointed 1925. Appointed vice-president of the Senate in 1936, though resigned in 1937 when he was elected Baghdad deputy to Parliament. He later returned to the Senate.[23]
- Muhammad al-Sadr. Appointed 1925, remaining until his death in 1956. President of the Senate from 1929 until 1944, with the exception of 1937.[24]
- Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas. Appointed 1925, representing the Chaldean Catholic Church.[25] Remained member until his death in 1947, when he was succeeded by Yousef VII Ghanima.
- Rustum Haydar, appointed 1931.[26]
- Ezra Menachem Daniel (1874-1952). Appointed member 1932, replacing his father; remained on the Senate until his death in 1952.[21]
- Abdul Hadi Chalabi, appointed 1947.
- Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, appointed 1948–9.[27]
- Tawfiq Wahbi.[28]
- Nureddin Mahmud, member from January 1953 to 1958.[29]
- Sheikh Ahmad A. Yaseen AlAmer, appointed Mayor of Basra and Al Zubair province and Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950|[30]
