1936 Iraqi coup d'état

The 1936 Iraqi coup d'état, also known as the Bakr Sidqi coup, was initiated by general Bakr Sidqi in order to overthrow Prime Minister Yasin al-Hashimi of the Kingdom of Iraq. The coup succeeded in installing Sidqi's ally Hikmat Sulayman as the new Prime Minister, while Sidqi was de facto ruler of Iraq as powerful Chief of Staff. Bakr Sidqi's reign would be short; he was assassinated the next year in Mosul, and Sulayman was obliged to resign his post.

1936 Iraqi coup d'état
DateOctober 28-29, 1936
Location
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Result

Successful coup:

  • Yasin al-Hashimi resigns
  • Hikmat Sulayman installed as Prime Minister
  • Assassination of Baqr Sidqi in Mosul on August 12, 1937
Belligerents
Iraqi Government Bakr Sidqi's supporters
Commanders and leaders
Yasin al-Hashimi
Nuri al-Said
Ja'afar al-Askari †		 Bakr Sidqi
Hikmat Sulayman
Strength
Two battalions

The overthrow was the first modern military coup in Iraq and in the Arab world. After Bakr Sidqi's coup and until 1941, in a wave of political instability, the Kingdom of Iraq experienced 6 more political coups involving extra-constitutional transfer of power.

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