| Abd ar-Razzaq al-Naif | |
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| 55th Prime Minister of Iraq 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq |
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| In office July 17, 1968 – July 30, 1968 |
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| President | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
| Preceded by | Tahir Yahya |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
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| Born | 1933 |
| Died | 1978 |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abd ar-Razzaq Said al-Naif (Arabic: عبد الرزاق النايف) was Prime Minister of Iraq in 1968. He was assassinated on July 9, 1978, in London.[1] His gunman was quickly captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1979; Naif was reportedly killed on order of Saddam Hussein.[2]
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| Preceded by Tahir Yahya |
Prime Minister of Iraq 1968 |
Succeeded by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 1968-1979 |
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