The next elect Iraqi president will number 8 since the Nation became a republic in 1958.  

 

8 = 666

Presidents of the Republic of Iraq

The President of Iraq is Iraq's head of state and chief of government. Iraq became a republic after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958.

• In May 2004, outgoing council president Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer was chosen by the council to serve as the first Interim Iraqi State President under the Iraqi Interim Government until parliamentary elections could be held.

Al-Yawer as the first president of post-Saddam Iraq.

No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
*	Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i	July 14, 1958	February 8, 1963	Military
01	Abd as-Salam Arif	February 8, 1963	April 13, 1966	Military
02	Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz	April 13, 1966	April 16, 1966	Military
03	Abd ar-Rahman Arif	April 16, 1966	July 17, 1968	Military
04	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr	July 17, 1968	July 16, 1979	Ba'ath Party
05	Saddam Hussein	July 16, 1979	April 9, 2003	Ba'ath Party