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Iraq / History / The 1958 Revolt

As an independent nation, Iraq was a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system until 1958, when a group of army officers led a revolt that overthrew the government. The young Hashemite monarch, King Faisal II, and the regent, Crown Prince Abd al-Ilah, were both assassinated. Iraq was then declared a republic by its new leader, Brigadier Abdul Karim Kassem (known as "il-Za`im"). Nuri al-Said (prime minister from 3/30 to 10/32) and Crown Prince Abdul Ilah in 1957 Abdul Karim Kassim (d. 1963).

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