Ideologies / Ba'athist / Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
§ The minds · 1914–1982 · Iraq · President
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Brought the Ba'ath to power
Iraq's party-state founder.
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The general who led the 1968 coup bringing the Ba'ath Party to lasting power in Iraq and nationalised its oil, before ceding to his deputy Saddam.
social
Secular nationalist modernisation.
economic
Nationalised Iraqi oil and built the state economy.
governance
Consolidated one-party Ba'athist rule in Iraq.
Notable for
- Led the 1968 coup
- Nationalised Iraqi oil
- Built the Iraqi party-state
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