Senate of Iraq

Members

Members of the Iraqi Senate included:

• Menahem Saleh Daniel. Appointed 1925, representing Iraqi Jews. Remained member until 1932, when he was succeeded by his son.
• Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi. Appointed 1925, remained member until 1929.
• Mawlud Mukhlis. 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.
• Muhammad al-Sadr. Appointed 1925, remaining until his death in 1956. President of the Senate from 1929 until 1944, with the exception of 1937.
• Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas. Appointed 1925, representing the Chaldean Catholic Church. Remained member until his death in 1947, when he was succeeded by Yousef VII Ghanima.
• Rustum Haydar, appointed 1931.
• Ezra Menachem Daniel (1874-1952). Appointed member 1932, replacing his father; remained on the Senate until his death in 1952.
• Abdul Hadi Chalabi, appointed 1947.
• Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi, appointed 1948–9.
• Tawfiq Wahbi.
• Nureddin Mahmud, member from January 1953 to 1958.
• Sheikh Ahmad A.Yaseen AlAmer, appointed Mayor of Basra and Al Zubair province and Member of Parliament from 1945 - 1950|