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The Iraqi Transitional Government was the government of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 from May 3rd, 2005, when it replaced the Iraqi Interim Government
Iraqi Interim Government

The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the Multinational force in Iraq as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 conducted on January 30, 2005....
, until May 20th, 2006, when it was replaced by the first permanent government
Government of Iraq from 2006

The current government of Iraq took office on May 20, 2006rocess of formation The Iraq National Assembly was elected on December 15, 2005. Due to disputes over alleged vote-rigging the results of the elected were only certified by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq on February 10, 2006....
.

On April 28 it was approved by the transitional Iraqi National Assembly, which had been elected in January 2005. It operated under the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period
Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period

The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period , the Iraqi provisional constitution in the immediate postwar period, was signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraqi Governing Council....
, and its main functions were to draft a permanent Constitution of Iraq
Constitution of Iraq

The current constitution of Iraq was approved by a Iraqi constitution ratification vote, 2005 that took place on 15 October 2005. The constitution was drafted in 2005 by members of the Iraqi Constitutional Committee to replace the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period ....
 and to form a transitional government.

Main article: Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Elections for Iraq's National Assembly occurred on January 30.






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The Iraqi Transitional Government was the government of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 from May 3rd, 2005, when it replaced the Iraqi Interim Government
Iraqi Interim Government

The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the Multinational force in Iraq as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 conducted on January 30, 2005....
, until May 20th, 2006, when it was replaced by the first permanent government
Government of Iraq from 2006

The current government of Iraq took office on May 20, 2006rocess of formation The Iraq National Assembly was elected on December 15, 2005. Due to disputes over alleged vote-rigging the results of the elected were only certified by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq on February 10, 2006....
.

On April 28 it was approved by the transitional Iraqi National Assembly, which had been elected in January 2005. It operated under the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period
Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period

The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period , the Iraqi provisional constitution in the immediate postwar period, was signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraqi Governing Council....
, and its main functions were to draft a permanent Constitution of Iraq
Constitution of Iraq

The current constitution of Iraq was approved by a Iraqi constitution ratification vote, 2005 that took place on 15 October 2005. The constitution was drafted in 2005 by members of the Iraqi Constitutional Committee to replace the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period ....
 and to form a transitional government.

The election

Main article: Iraqi legislative election, January 2005
Elections for Iraq's National Assembly occurred on January 30. The main coalitions that won seats in these elections were the Shiite-led Islamist
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 United Iraqi Alliance
United Iraqi Alliance

The United Iraqi Alliance led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is a Shi'ite Islamist coalition, mainly Arabs, that achieved the most votes in the Iraqi elections of Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 and Iraqi legislative election of December 2005....
 and the Kurdish
Kurdish people

The Kurds are an Iranian peoples ethnolinguistic group mostly inhabiting a region that includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey and which is known as Kurdistan....
-led secular
Secularism

Secularism is the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs.In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters...
 Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan
Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan

The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish people list in the Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 in Iraq....
. Most Sunni
Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the Demographics of Islam Divisions of Islam of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa?l-Jama?ah or Ahl as-Sunnah for short....
 Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 Iraqis boycotted this election.

The UIA and DPAK formed a coalition government while the Shi'ite secular coalition of interim
Iraqi Interim Government

The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the Multinational force in Iraq as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 conducted on January 30, 2005....
 Prime Minister Ayad Allawi went into opposition.

Organization


Executive

Although the President is the chief of military and head of state, the Prime Minister is the head of government who exercises most executive powers. The President and both deputies (collective the Presidency Council of Iraq
Presidency Council of Iraq

The Presidency Council of Iraq is an entity currently operating under the auspices of the "transitional provisions" of the Constitution of Iraq and previously under the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period....
) are elected by the Assembly with a two-thirds majority. They then propose the Prime Minister from the largest party, who must also be approved with a two thirds majority; the Prime Minister then proposes the Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of Iraq

The Cabinet of Iraq is the executive of the Government of Iraq, 2006-2010 of Iraq.The National Assembly of Iraq elects a President of Iraq who along with two deputies form the Presidency Council of Iraq....
 who must be approved with a two-thirds majority.

The current Council of Ministers was sworn in on May 3 but several key posts were left vacant. Six new ministers were approved to fill vacant positions on 8 May, one of whom rejected his position saying he had not been consulted.

Position
President
President of Iraq

The President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." The President is elected by the Council of Representatives by a two-thirds majority, and...
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani is the current President of Iraq and a leading Kurds politician.Talabani is the founder and secretary general of one of the main Iraqi Kurdish people political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ....
Vice PresidentsAdil Abdul Mahdi
Ghazi al-Yawar
Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Iraq

The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament....
Ibrahim al Jaafari
Deputy Prime MinistersAhmed Chalabi
Ahmed Chalabi

Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi was interim oil minister in Iraq in April 2005-May 2005 and December 2005-January 2006 and deputy prime minister from May 2005 until May 2006....

Ruz Nuri Shawis
Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri
Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri

Abid Mutlag al-Jubouri is an Iraqi politician and was a Deputy Prime Minister in the Iraqi Transitional Government. A Sunni Arab former major general in Saddam Hussain's army, he rose to prominence during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war....

(vacant)
Interior Minister
Interior minister

An interior ministry is a ministry typically responsible for police, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs....
Bayan Baqir Solagh
Foreign Minister
Foreign minister

A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet Political minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation....
Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebari

Hoshyar Zebari is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan....
Defence Minister
Defence minister

A defence minister is a Cabinet position which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations. The minister usually has a very important role in a cabinet....
Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Saadoun al-Dulaimi

Saadoun al-Dulaimi was the Iraqi Minister for Defence in the Iraqi Transitional Government. A former Lieutenant Colonel in the Military of Iraq and head of the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies, a private polling firm that he established himself, he fled to Saudi Arabia in 1986....
Oil MinisterIbrahim Bahr al-Uloum
Electricity MinisterMohsen Shlash
Minister of Planning and Development Co-operationBarham Salih
Barham Salih

Barham Ahmad Salih ;) born 1960) is a Iraqi Kurdistan politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq. He was elected to the Iraqi National Assembly in Iraqi legislative election, December 2005 as part of the Kurdistani Alliance list....
Higher Education MinisterSami al-Mudhaffar
Minister of Municipalities and Public WorksNisrin Barwari
Nisrin Barwari

Nesreen Barwari is a contemporary Kurdish people politician. She was born in Baghdad to a Kurdish family and was imprisoned at age fourteen due to her involvement with the Kurdish movement....
Telecommunications MinisterJuwan Fouad Masum
Finance Minister
Finance minister

The finance minister is a Cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, Fiscal policy, and control finances....
Ali Adbul-Amir Allawi
Minister of Water ResourcesAbdul-Latif Rashid
Minister of Environment
Minister of the environment

An environment minister is a Cabinet position in charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation....
Narmin Othman
Narmin Othman

Narmin Othman is the Iraqi Minister for the Environment in the Government of Iraq from 2006 of Nouri al-Maliki, a post she also held in the Iraqi Transitional Government....
Trade MinisterAbdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi

Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq....
Transport MinisterSalam al-Maliki
Salam al-Maliki

Salam Aodeh al-Maliki is an Iraqi politician and was the Minister for Transport in the Iraqi Transitional Government from May 2005 to May 2006....
Minister of Labour and Social AffairsIdris Hadi
Human Rights MinisterNarmin Othman
Narmin Othman

Narmin Othman is the Iraqi Minister for the Environment in the Government of Iraq from 2006 of Nouri al-Maliki, a post she also held in the Iraqi Transitional Government....
 (acting)
Hashim al-Shible rejected the post after he had been approved by parliament
Health MinisterAbdel Muttalib Mohammed Ali
Minister of Construction and HousingJasim Mohammed Jaafar
Jasim Mohammed Jaafar

Jasim Mohammed Jaafar is the Iraqi Minister for Youth & Sports in the Government of Iraq, 2006-2010 of Nouri al-Maliki. He was confirmed by the Iraqi National Assembly on 2006-05-20, having previously served as the Minister for Construction and Housing in the Iraqi Transitional Government....
Education MinisterAbdel Falah Hassan
Agriculture MinisterAli al-Bahadili
Ali al-Bahadili

Dr. Ali Husayn al-Bahadili is an Iraqi politician currently serving as the Council of Ministers of Iraq in the Government of Iraq from 2006 of Nouri al-Maliki....
Justice Minister
Justice Minister

An justice ministry is a Ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice....
Abdel Hussein Shandal
Abdel Hussein Shandal

Abdel Hussein Shandal is an Iraqi politician who was the Justice Minister in the Iraqi Transitional Government.For the Iraqi legislative election, December 2005 he joined with Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress in a list which failed to win any seats....
Culture MinisterNuri Farhan al-Rawi
Minister of Science and TechnologyBasimah Yusuf Butrus
Basimah Yusuf Butrus

Professor Basimah Yusuf Butrus is an Iraqi Assyrian people politician who was Minister of Science and Technology in the Iraqi Transitional Government from May 2005 until May 2006....
Minister of Displacement and MigrationSuhaylah Abd-Jaafar
Minister of Youth and SportsTalib Aziz Zayni
Minister of IndustryUsama al-Najafi
Usama al-Najafi

Usama Adbu'l Aziz al-Najafi is a Sunni Iraqi politician from the Iraqi National List who was Minister of Industry in the Iraqi Transitional Government....
Minister of State
Minister of State

Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior Political minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet ....
 for National Security Affairs
Abdul Karim al-Anizi
Abdul Karim al-Anizi

Abdul Karim al-Anizi is an Iraqi politician and a member of the National Assembly of Iraq, representing Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation, the fifth largest party within the ruling United Iraqi Alliance coalition....
Minister of State for Governorate AffairsSaad Nayif Mujhim al-Hardan
Minister of State for Civil Society AffairsAla Habib Kazim
Minister of State for Women's AffairsAzhar Abdel Karim al-Shaikhli
Minister of State for Tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 and Antiquities
Archaeology

Archaeology, archeology, or arch?ology is the science that studies Homo cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, Artifact , features, Biofact s, and cultural landscape....
Hashim al-Hashimi
Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs
National Assembly of Iraq

The Council of Representatives of Iraq is the main elected body of representatives in Iraq. It is currently composed of 275 seats and meets in Baghdad inside the International Zone ....
Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi


Legislative

  • President of National Assembly Hajim al-Hassani
    Hajim al-Hassani

    Hajim Mahdi Saleh al-Hassani is an Iraqi politician and was the speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government....
    • Deputy President Hussain al-Shahristani
      Hussain al-Shahristani

      Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani is the current Iraqi Ministry of Oil . The Shiite is a former nuclear science who was imprisoned in Abu Ghraib and subjected to torture for using his powerful government position to make and distribute pamphlets urging Iraq's Shiite soldiers to abandon the army and fight against their fellow soldiers and o...
    • Deputy President Aref Taifour
      • National Assembly


Judicial

  • Higher Judicial Council
    • Federal Supreme Court
      • Court of Cassation
      • Courts of Appeal
      • Central Criminal Court