Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as Iraqi president (1914–1982).
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was born at Tikrit in 1914. His recorded nationality is Iraq. He was educated at Iraqi Military Academy Rustamiyah.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
The record of office reads: Prime Minister of Iraq (1968–1979), Prime Minister of Iraq (1963–1963) and President of Iraq (1968–1979).
His political affiliation is recorded as Ba'ath Party and Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1978) and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
That the career was made in Iraq is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr died in 1982, aged 68. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of Iraq (1968–1979)
- Prime Minister of Iraq (1963–1963)
- President of Iraq (1968–1979)
- Minister of Defense (1974–1977)
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic — 1978
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Educated at Iraqi Military Academy Rustamiyah
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