17 July Revolution

When

17 Jul 1968

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

33.32° N, 44.37° E

Description

1968 Ba'athist coup in Iraq

1968 Ba'athist coup d'état in Iraq

The 17 July Revolution was a bloodless coup in Iraq in 1968 led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif, and Abd ar-Rahman al-Dawud that ousted President Abdul Rahman Arif and Prime Minister Tahir Yahya and brought the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power.

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