Jamil al-Midfai

Jamil al-Midfai
10th Prime Minister of Iraq
In office 9 November 1933 – 27 August 1934
Monarch	Ghazi I
Preceded by	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
Succeeded by	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi
In office 4 March 1935 – 17 March 1935
Monarch	Ghazi I
Preceded by	Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi
Succeeded by	Yasin al-Hashimi
In office 17 August 1937 – 25 December 1938
Monarch	Ghazi I
Preceded by	Hikmat Sulayman
Succeeded by	Nuri al-Said
In office 4 June 1941 – 10 October 1941
Monarch	Faisal II Prince Abdullah (Regent)
Preceded by	Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
Succeeded by	Nuri al-Said
In office 29 January 1953 – 17 September 1953
Monarch	Faisal II Prince Abdullah (Regent)
Preceded by	Nureddin Mahmud
Succeeded by	Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
Personal details
Born	1890 (1890) Mosul, Iraq
Died	1959 (1960)

Jamil al-Midfai (جميل المدفعي) (1958–1890) was an Iraqi politician. He served as that country's prime minister on five separate occasions:

1. November 9, 1933 – August 25, 1934
2. March 1, 1935 – March 16, 1935
3. August 17, 1937 – December 26, 1938
4. June 2, 1941 – October 10, 1941
5. January 29, 1953 – September 1, 1953

Born in the town of Mosul, Midfai served in the Ottoman army during World War I, but deserted in 1916 to take part in the nationalist Arab Revolt. After the war, he was an aide to the Emir Faisal during his brief reign in Syria. He returned to Iraq in 1920, but was soon forced into exile in Jordan because of his anti-British nationalist activities. Upon his return in 1923, he served in various senior provincial capacities and finally joined the cabinet in 1930.

As a seasoned politician and two-time prime minister, he was asked to form a new government in August 1937, following the assassination of General Bakr Sidqi, who had ruled the country as military dictator for almost a year. A staunch monarchist, Midfai was again forced into exile in Transjordan following the short-lived pro-Axis coup by Rashid Ali al-Kaylani in 1941. Upon his return, he served in various senior capacities including President of the Senate and briefly as prime minister after the suspension of political activities during the Iraqi Intifada. He died in 1959 suffering from lung cancer.

Prime Ministers of Iraq (List)
British Mandate of Mesopotamia (1920–1932)	al Gillani as-Sa'dun† al-Askari† al-Hashimi† Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Naji al-Suwaydi as-Said†
Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958)	Shawkat al-Gaylani al-Midfai† al-Aiyubi† al-Hashimi† Sulayman as-Said† H. Pachachi Tawfiq al-Suwaydi Arshad al-Umari Jabr as-Sadr Muzahim al-Pachachi Mustafa al-Umari Mahmud† al-Jamali Arshad al-Umari Mirjan Baban
Republic of Iraq (1958–2003)	Qasim† al-Bakr† Yahya† ar-Razzaq† al-Bazzaz† Talib Arif† Yahya† an-Naif† al-Bakr Hussein Hammadi Zubeidi as-Samarrai Hussein
Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004)	al-Ulloum* al-Jaafari Chalabi Allawi Talabani al-Hakim A. Pachachi Hamid al-Ulloum Barzani Salim al-Yawer
Republic of Iraq (since 2004)	Allawi* al-Jaafari al-Maliki al-Abadi
* interim † military