Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (Arabic أحمد حسن البكر ; 1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 17 July 1968 until 16 July 1979. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organisation Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region (the Ba'ath Party's Iraqi branch), which espoused ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism.