Ahmed Mohammed Yahya

Ahmad Muhammad Yahya was born in the Mosul region in 1916 and died in Baghdad in 1998.

Early life and education He completed his primary and secondary studies in Mosul, joined the Military College in 1933 and graduated from it in 1935 with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Graduated from the Staff College in 1942 with the rank of Chief of Staff. He also assumed the position of Acting Minister of Agrarian Reform after the dismissal of Mr. Ibrahim Kubba on February 16, 1960. He continued in the positions of Minister of Interior and Minister of Agrarian Reform until the revolution of February 8, 1963 and the fall of the government of Abdul al-Karim Qasim, when he was arrested and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. In April, 1964, he was released and he retreated to his home in Baghdad until his death in 1998.