1997 in Iraq

The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Iraq.

← 1996 1995 1994 1997 in Iraq → 1998 1999 2000
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1997 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

• 15 January – The proceeds of the first Iraqi sale of oil are deposited at a special UN account as part of the Oil-for-Food Programme.^[1]
• 20 March – The first shipment of food and other commodities is delivered to Iraq as part of phase 1of the Oil-for-Food Programme.^[1]
• 16 October – The Iraqi national census is conducted, estimating the population of Iraq at 22,046,000.^[2]
• 14 November – Iraq expels 6 American weapon inspectors, and the UN orders inspectors from other nationalities to leave the country.^[3]

Births

• 12 March – Amjed Attwan Kadhim, Iraqi footballer^[4]
• 2 April – Mazin Fayyadh, Iraqi footballer.
• 27 July – Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi, Iraqi footballer^[4]

Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri

Deaths

• 8 May – Saleem Al-Basri, Iraqi actor. (b.1926)
• 24 May – Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali, Iraqi politician and diplomat.(b.1903)
• 27 July – Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, Iraqi poet .(b.1899)
• 1 ِAugust – Hayat Sharara, Iraqi writer and translator. (b.c. 1937)
• 28 September – Munir Bashir, Iraqi-Assyrian musician famous for playing the oud.(b.1930)
• 12 October – Talib El-Shibib, Iraqi politician. (b.1934)
• 9 November – Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji, Iraqi poet. (b.1924)^[5]