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The life and demise of a person who served 14 occasions as Prime Minister of Iraq between 1930 and 1958.
Nuri al-Stated was the prime minister of Iraq 14 occasions from 1930 to 1958.
Self-made, formidable and profitable, he solid strategic alliances with the Iraqi royal household and, most significantly, Britain.
After signing the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930, he negotiated a deal that gave Britain management of most of Iraq’s sources even after independence; his critics felt that this introduced him too near the British axis.
His many phrases as prime minister have been lower quick by army coups, royal deaths, political assassinations, and compelled exile. In the long run, Nuri al-Stated died brutally by the hands of protesters through the 1958 Iraqi coup.