Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (, ) (1892 – 28 August 1965) was an Iraqi politician who served as
Prime Minister of the
Kingdom of Iraq on three occasions: from March to November 1933, from March 1940 to February 1941 and from April to May 1941. He is chiefly remembered as an ardent
Arab nationalist who attempted to remove the
British influence from
Iraq by starting a coup against the government in 1941. During his brief tenures as Prime Minister in 1940 and 1941, he attempted to negotiate settlements with the
Axis powers during
World War II in order to counter British influence in Iraq.
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