The following lists events that happened during

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

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Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (; 1924 – 7 August 2009) was an Iraqi-Kurdish politician and diplomat who served as the Vice president of Iraq from 1974 until the U.S. invasion in April 2003. He was also a member of the Revolutionary Command Council, ...

Taha Yassin Ramadan Taha Yassin Ramadan al-Jazrawi (; 20 February 1938 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the vice president of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 and the commander of the Pop ...

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (; 1 July 1942 – 26 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician, military officer and field marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States ...

Events

* 15 January – The proceeds of the first Iraqi sale of oil are deposited at a special UN account as part of the

Oil-for-Food Programme The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP) was established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary I ...

. * 20 March – The first shipment of food and other commodities is delivered to Iraq as part of phase 1of the Oil-for-Food Programme. * 16 October – The Iraqi national

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

is conducted, estimating the population of Iraq at 22,046,000. * 14 November – Iraq expels 6 American weapon inspectors, and the UN orders inspectors from other nationalities to leave the country.

Births

* 12 March – Amjed Attwan Kadhim, Iraqi footballer * 2 April –

Mazin Fayyadh Mazin Fayyadh Ajeel (; born 2 April 1997) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a right winger for Al-Najaf in Iraq Premier League. International career Following his impressive performances with Al Naft, scoring five goals during the 2015–16 ...

, Iraqi footballer. * 27 July – Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi, Iraqi footballer

Deaths

* 8 May –

Saleem Al-Basri Salim Al-Basri (), (July 7, 1926 in Baghdad – May 8, 1997 in Baghdad). was an Iraqi actor and comedian known for his role of Haji Radhi of the 1960s Iraqi television comedian. Al-Basri's performances were comedy & drama and this made him one of ...

, Iraqi actor. (b.1926) * 24 May –

Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali () (20 April 1903 – 24 May 1997) was an Iraqi statesman, educator, politician and diplomat, who held important posts in the government of Iraq, during the royal era. Most notably he served as Iraq's prime minister ...

, Iraqi politician and diplomat.(b.1903) * 27 July –

Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri (); (26 July 1899 – 27 July 1997) was an Iraqis, Iraqi poet.Adel Darwish, 'Obituary: Mohammed Al-Jawahri', ''The Independent'', 11 August 1997Online(subscription only) at HighBeam. Considered by many as one of the bes ...

, Iraqi poet .(b.1899) * 1 ِAugust –

Hayat Sharara Hayat Sharara (1935 – August 1, 1997) was an Iraqi writer, translator and educator. She was born in Najaf. Her family moved to Baghdad in the mid-1940s. Sharara graduated from high school and completed her baccalaureate but could not attend ...

, Iraqi writer and translator. (b.c. 1937) * 28 September –

Munir Bashir Munir Bashir (; ; 1930 – September 28, 1997) was an Iraqi-Assyrian oudist. Bashir is considered one of the foremost virtuosos of the Arabic oud, and is widely renowned as one of the most important figures in 20th century Middle Eastern music. ...

, Iraqi-Assyrian musician famous for playing the

oud The oud ( ; , ) is a Middle Eastern short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument (a chordophone in the Hornbostel–Sachs classification of instruments), usually with 11 strings grouped in six courses, but some models have ...

.(b.1930) * 12 October –

Talib El-Shibib Talib El-Shibib (22 March 1934 – 12 October 1997) was an Iraqi politician. Born in Babylon Province, he studied engineering at Imperial College London. El-Shibib was elected to the leadership of Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and was one of a ...

, Iraqi politician. (b.1934) * 9 November –

Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji (Arabic: عاتكة وهبي الخزرجي; 14 November 1924 – 9 November 1997) was an Iraqi poet and educator. Al-Khazraji was born in Baghdad, she was talented with poetry from a young age and began writing as young ...

, Iraqi poet. (b.1924)

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