1. Structure

2. Members

3. References
    Bibliography 

The Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, officially the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, was the highest decision-making organ of the Iraqi Regional Branch. Throughout its history, the Regional Command has normally had 19-21 members.{{sfn|Sassoon|2012|p=36}} When in power, the Directorate of Security Affairs was responsible for the security of the president and the senior members of the Regional Command.{{sfn|Sassoon|2012|p=99}} Currently, the composition of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch is unknown because the party remains underground.

The Iraqi Regional Branch was organized on the Marxist–Leninist model, with a small elite, the Regional Command, controlling the party from the top down. As in the Soviet Union, the party leadership became the government.{{sfn|Coughlin|2005|pp=73–74}} While the Regional Command was the de facto highest legislative and executive organ of state and party, the Revolutionary Command Council was according to the 1970 Iraqi constitution "the supreme body of the state."{{sfn|Coughlin|2005|p=74}} In theory, the Regional Command was to be subordinate to the National Command.{{sfn|Ghareeb|Dougherty|2004|p=192}}

Structure

Secretary of the Regional Command

• Fakhri Qadduri (1953–1954)
• Fuad al-Rikabi (1954–1959)
• Talib Hussein ash-Shabibi (1959– May 1962)
• Ali Salih al-Sadi (May 1962 – 25 September 1963)
• Hamdi Abd al-Majid (25 September 1963 – 11 November 1963)
• Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (11 November 1963 – February 1964)
• Saddam Hussein (February 1964 – 1966)
• Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1966–1979)
• Saddam Hussein (1979–2003 de facto, 2003–2006 de jure)
• Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (2007–)

Deputy Secretary of the Regional Command

• Unknown (pre-1966)
• Saddam Hussein (1966–1979)
• Taha Yassin Ramadan (1979–1991)
• Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1991–2007)
• Unknown (2007–present){{citation needed|date=February 2013}}

Members

References

Regional Command membership was taken from this source:

• {{harvnb|Ghareeb & Dougherty|2004|pp=389–392}}

Bibliography

• {{cite book |author=Coughlin, Con |ref=CITEREFCoughlin2005 |title=Saddam: His Rise and Fall |publisher=Harper Perennial |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-050543-5}}
• {{cite book |author1=Ghareeb, Edmund |author2=Dougherty, Beth |ref=CITEREFGhareebDougherty2004 |title=Historical dictionary of Iraq |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2004 |isbn = 978-0-8108-4330-1}}
• {{cite book |author=Tripp, Charles |ref=CITEREFTripp2010 |title=A History of Iraq |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-521-87823-4}}

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