Taha al-Hashimi
Template:Short description Template:Ref improve Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Officeholder Taha al-Hashimi (Template:Langx; born 1888, died 1961) was an Iraqi politician and served as Prime Minister of Iraq in 1941.
BiographyEdit
Al-Hashimi was born in Baghdad in 1888.<ref name=mqay>Template:Cite journal</ref> After his religious education he attended a primary school. He graduated from a military secondary school in 1903.<ref name=mqay/> Then he attended the Military College in Istanbul and graduated in 1906. Following his graduation he joined the Ottoman army as an officer.<ref name=mqay/> He became a captain in 1909 after completing his studies at the General Staff College.<ref name=mqay/>
Al-Hashimi served briefly as the prime minister of Iraq for two months, from 1 February 1941, to 2 May 1941. He was appointed prime minister by the regent, 'Abd al-Ilah, following the first ouster of the pro-Axis government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani during World War II. When Abdul-Illah fled the country, fearing an assassination attempt, Hashimi resigned, and the government reverted to Gaylani. His brother, Yassin, was the Iraqi prime minister in 1924 and in 1936.