Abd al-Karim Qasim ( ); also various other spellings; including Qassim, Kassem, Quasim; popularly known as "az-Za‘īm" (Arabic: الزعيم) "the leader") (1914 – February 9, 1963), was an Iraqi military officer involved in the 1958 military coup d'état. Named Prime Minister of Iraq, Qasim associated himself with the ordinary Iraqi people.