10 Facts About Muzahim al-Pachachi

Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

In 1924, Muzahim al-Pachachi was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly, charged with drafting the Constitution of Iraq.

Muzahim al-Pachachi held a number of cabinet and diplomatic positions.

Muzahim al-Pachachi served as Minister of Works before becoming a member of parliament.

Muzahim al-Pachachi was appointed ambassador to Britain and was briefly Minister of the Interior.

Muzahim al-Pachachi held a succession of ambassadorial posts: ambassador to the League of Nations, to Italy, and to France.

Muzahim al-Pachachi became active in the 1930s and 1940s in pro-Palestinian activities and opposed the 1948 United Nations truce in Palestine.

The prime ministers of Iraq in 1948 were Sayyid Muhammad as-Sadr and Muzahim al-Pachachi, both were distinguished personalities who were not part of the pro-British political circle and whose governments included ministers who identified with the anti-British elements.

Muzahim al-Pachachi is in the Lebanon and Syria to bring about the unification of their two armies.

Muzahim al-Pachachi opposed the 1951 law that allowed Iraqi Jews to leave the country, although he himself left Iraq that year, returning after the 14 July Revolution in 1958.