2000 in Iraq

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Iraq.

← 1999 1998 1997 2000 in Iraq → 2001 2002 2003
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2000 List of years in Iraq

Incumbents

• President: Saddam Hussein
• Prime Minister: Saddam Hussein

• Vice President:
  • Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
  • Taha Yassin Ramadan
  • Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Events

• 27 March – Iraqi Parliamentary elections are held, resulting in the Ba'ath Party wining 165 out of 250 seats, the remaining seats were split between 55 independents and 30 government appointed to representatives of Kurdistan.^[1]
• Last case of Polio recorded in Iraq. ^[2]

Births

• 20 June – Mohanad Ali, footballer.^[3]
• 23 September – Hasan Raed Hasan, footballer^[4]
• 10 November – Maytham Jabbar Mutlag,footballer^[4]

Deaths

• 8 April – Ibrahim Ahmad, Iraqi Kurdish writer and translator, founder of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. (b.1914)

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof, eds. (2001-11-15). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook. Oxford University PressOxford. doi:10.1093/019924958x.001.0001. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
2. Media. "Delayed polio immunization campaign gets underway in Iraq". World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
3. "Summary - Mohanad Ali Kadhim Al Shammari - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
4. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021" (PDF). Fifa.org.