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The government of Iraq is defined under the current Constitution, approved in 2005, as an Islamic, [1] democratic, parliamentary republic. [2] The government is composed of the executive , legislative , and judicial branches, as well as numerous independent commissions.
Iraq is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic.It is a multi-party system whereby the executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers as the head of government, the President of Iraq as the head of state, and legislative power is vested in the Council of Representatives.
On 1 April 1941, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and members of the Golden Square staged a coup d'état and installed a pro-German and pro-Italian government. [45] During the subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War, the United Kingdom invaded Iraq for fear that the government might cut oil supplies to Western nations because of its links to the Axis powers. [45]
Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) 5 Saddam Hussein صدام حسين (1937–2006) 1995 2002: 16 July 1979 9 April 2003 [5] 23 years, 267 days Iraqi Ba'ath Party (Iraq Region) • Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) • — Jay Garner جاي غارنر (born 1938) Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq —
The Council of Ministers (Arabic: مجلس الوزراء; Kurdish: ئەنجومەنی وەزیران) is the principal executive organ of the Federal Government of the Republic of Iraq. The Council of Representatives of Iraq elects a President of the Republic who appoints the Prime Minister who in turn appoints the Council of Ministers, all of ...
Politics of Iraq Member State of the Arab League Constitution Government Federal government President (list) Abdul Latif Rashid Prime Minister (list) Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani Cabinet Current cabinet Legislature Council of Representatives Speaker: Mohamed al-Halbousi Judiciary Supreme Court Administrative divisions Governorates (provinces) Districts Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Regional ...
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 10 October 2021. [1] The elections determined the 329 members of the Council of Representatives who in turn elected the Iraqi president and confirmed the prime minister. 25 million voters are eligible to take part in Iraq's fifth parliamentary election since the 2003 US-led invasion and the first since the 2019 Iraqi October Revolution. [2]