Fuad al-Rikabi (1931 – November 1971) was an Iraqi politician and a founder of the
Iraqi Regional Branch of the
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Al-Rikabi became the Secretary of Iraqi Regional Command of the Ba'ath Party in 1954 and held the post until 1959. Throughout his term of leadership, the Iraqi Regional Branch expanded its membership and became a leading party in Iraq's political landscape. Following the
14 July Revolution of 1958 which
toppled the monarchy, al-Rikabi was appointed Minister of Development in
Abd al-Karim Qasim's unity government.