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| 1968 | Chairman Revolutionary Command Council Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- |  |
| 18th July Appointed President of the Revolutionary Command Council |
| 1968 | Commander Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 30th July Baghdad Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1968 | Constitution Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 18th July The Revolutionary Command Council provides supreme executive & legislative authority |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Aref, Abd al-Rahman | |
| Overthrown by a Ba'ath Coup |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| Baghdad Informs President Arif he has lost power & invites him to surrender |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Ali, Saleh Omar | |
| 17th July Baghdad Assists in the Coup by breaking into the Presidential Palace |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Arif, Abdul Rahman | |
| 17th July Baghdad Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London |
| 17th July Baghdad Overthrown by a Baathist Coup |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 17th July Baghdad Masterminds the Baathist siezure of power |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Hussein, Saddam | |
| 17th July 1st day of a Coup that brings the Baath Party to power |
| 17th July Baghdad Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the President's head |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Tikriti, Hardan al- | |
| 17th July Baghdad Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London |
| 17th July Baghdad Helps the Baathist take possession of the Presidential Palace |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 30th July Baghdad The Baath Party come to power |
| 30th July Baghdad The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the Coup |
| 1968 | Coup d'Etat Hussein, Saddam | |
| 30th July The Baath Party come to power |
| 1968 | Deputy Chairman Hussein, Saddam | |
| 30th July Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Baath Party, in charge of security |
| 1968 | Diplomacy Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 9th Oct The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring |
| 1968 | Diplomacy Hussein, Saddam | |
| 9th Oct The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring |
| 1968 | Dismissal Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 30th July Baghdad The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the Coup |
| 1968 | Exile of Arif Arif, Abdul Rahman | |
| 17th July Baghdad Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London |
| 1968 | Exile of Hussein Hussein, Saddam | |
| 30th July Forces Nayif into exile by threatening him with a gun at Barkr's office |
| 1968 | Government Hussein, Saddam | |
| 18th July Given responsibility for national security |
| 1968 | Minister of Defense Tikriti, Hardan al- | |
| 30th July Appointed Minister of Defence |
| 1968 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikhly, Abdul Karim al- | |
| 30th July Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1968 | Plot Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 5th Jan Baghdad 11 Jewish spies are hung & left suspended in Liberation Sqr |
| 5th Jan 17 spies go on trial, 14 are hung |
| 9th Oct The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring |
| 1968 | Plot Hussein, Saddam | |
| 9th Oct The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring |
| 1968 | President Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| Appointed President of Iraq |
| 1968 | Prime Minister Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 30th July Appointed Prime Minister of Iraq |
| 1968 | RCC Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 18th July The Revolutionary Command Council provides supreme executive & legislative authority |
| 1968 | Reform Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| July Appoints 100 Baathist officers to the Republican Guards |
| 1968 | Revolutionary Command Council Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 18th July Appointed President of the Revolutionary Command Council |
| 1968 | Secretary General Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| July Appointed Secretary-General of the Baath Party |
| 1968 | Trial Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 5th Jan 17 spies go on trial, 14 are hung |
