Abdullah Ibrahim Bakr
Abdullah Ibrahim Bakr led Iraq’s Washington embassy as chargé d’affaires after Ali Jawdat’s departure. In January 1950, he pressed the State Department on economic assistance to Iraq and on the international status of Jerusalem, linking the two questions to Iraqi doubts about American policy. 1, 2
After Washington, Bakr became deputy chief of the Royal Cabinet in 1953, then foreign minister from September 1953 to March 1954. He subsequently headed the Royal Cabinet. 3
Washington Appointments
- Iraq — Chargé d’affaires, 1948–1953
Sources
- Diplomatic Representation for Iraq: chronological listing
Office of the Chief of Protocol, 31 May 2013; 1942–2013 entries
- Iraqi representations on economic aid and Jerusalem, 11 January 1950
FRUS 1950, V, pp. 682–684
- Persons: Near and Middle East, 1952–1954
Entries Bakr, Rawi, and Shabandar
- Abdullah Ibrahim Bakr — mission record (1948–1953)
- Abdullah Ibrahim Bakr — mission record (1948–1953)
Biography checked 2026-10-29.
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