Senate of Iraq

The Senate of Iraq (Majlis al-A`yan) was the unelected upper house of the bicameral parliament established by the Mandatory Iraq's 1925 constitution. There were around twenty Senators, appointed for eight years by the King of Iraq.^[1] The Senate remained in existence until the 1958 revolution.

. Appointed 1925, representing Iraqi Jews. Remained member until 1932, when he was succeeded by his son.^[19]^[20]

Menahem Saleh Daniel

. Appointed 1925, remained member until 1929.^[21]

Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi

. Appointed 1925. Appointed vice-president of the Senate in 1936, though resigned in 1937 when he was elected Baghdad deputy to Parliament. He later returned to the Senate.^[22]

Mawlud Mukhlis

. Appointed 1925, remaining until his death in 1956. President of the Senate from 1929 until 1944, with the exception of 1937.^[23]

Muhammad al-Sadr

. Appointed 1925, representing the Chaldean Catholic Church.^[24] Remained member until his death in 1947, when he was succeeded by Yousef VII Ghanima.

Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas

appointed 1931.^[25]

Rustum Haydar

(1874-1952). Appointed member 1932, replacing his father; remained on the Senate until his death in 1952.^[20]

Ezra Menachem Daniel

appointed 1947.

Abdul Hadi Chalabi

appointed 1948–9.^[26]

Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi

.^[27]

Tawfiq Wahbi

member from January 1953 to 1958.^[28]

Nureddin Mahmud

Sheikh Ahmad A.Yaseen AlAmer, appointed Mayor of Basra and Al Zubair province and Member of Parliament from 1945 - 1950|

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Members of the Iraqi Senate included: