1932 in the Kingdom of Iraq

Events in the year 1932 in the Kingdom of Iraq.

Incumbents

 * Faisal I of Iraq, King, 23 August 1921-8 September 1933
 * Naji Shawkat, Prime Minister, 3 November 1932–20 March 1933
 * Menahem Saleh Daniel, Senator, 1925-1932

Events

 * Iraq received its independence on 3 October, ending the British Mandate which began in 1920
 * Iraq joined the League of Nations on 6 October
 * The Ahmed-Mustafa Barzani revolts, which began in 1931, were suppressed
 * The government stopped issuing Indian Rupees and started issuing Iraqi dinars
 * Iraqi Red Crescent Society was founded in Baghdad
 * Al Shorta SC, multi-sport club based in Rusafa District, was established on 14 November

Births

 * Shahab Sheikh Nuri, politician and grandson of Mahmud Barzanji, born in Sulaymaniyah
 * Nuzhat Katzav, author and Israeli politician, member of the Knesset, born 1 April in Baghdad (died 2022).
 * Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani, head of the Sufi Qadiriyya Baghdadia Spiritual Tariqa, born on 18 June in Baghdad
 * Bahija Ahmed Shihab, Iraqi sociologist and one of the pioneering women that helped establish the Sociology department at the College of Arts, University of Baghdad, born on 1 July in Baghdad
 * Abdul Jerri, Iraqi-American mathematician
 * Shmuel Moreh, born in Baghdad on 22 Decemberprofessor emeritus in the Department for Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University and a recipient of the Israel Prize in Middle Eastern studies in 1999.

Deaths

 * Faisal I of Iraq, King, on 8 September 1933
 * Sassoon Eskell, the Kingdom's first Finance Minister