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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.
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 —
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17 May 2004 1 June 2004 15 days Independent: → • Republic of Iraq (2004–present) • → : Ayad Allawi إياد علاوي (born 1944) — 1 June 2004 3 May 2005 336 days Iraqi National Accord: Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004–2005) Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري (born 1947) Jan 2005: 3 May 2005 20 May 2006 1 year, 17 days
The Council of Ministers [a] 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 whom must be approved by the Assembly. [1]
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. [46] 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. [46]
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