Politics of Iraq
Politics of Iraq Political parties in Iraq Elections in Iraq National Assembly Proposed constitution Legislative: 2005 Subject: New flag of Iraq Source: Encyclopædia Britannica File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Politics of Iraq includes the social relations involving authority or power in Iraq. ... This article lists political parties in Iraq. ... Elections in Iraq gives information on election and election results in Iraq. ... The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... Following the Iraq War, the occupying forces and the Iraqi Government have proposed a constitution, whereby the people of Iraq will be given more of what they want. ... Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. ...

The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist political party in Iraq led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy. ... Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein was born in 1956, in Baghdad, Iraq as a member of the Hashemite House. ...

Al-Hussein is related to the Hashemite royal family which ruled Iraq until 1958. He has succeeded in establishing himself as claimant in the international press. Some critics assert he is not even in line to the throne according to the constitution of the old Iraqi monarchy (The Iraqi Constitution as amended in November 1943). According to this constitution, the heir to the monarchy would be Prince Ra'ad (born 1936), Lord Chamberlain of Jordan. Hashemite traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or clan of Hashem, a clan within the larger Quraish tribe. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Raad is the son of Prince Zied and Princess Fahrelnissa. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In traditional rather than political terms, the inheritence of Iraq's throne is a complicated matter, because the first king, Faisal I, has only living descendents through his daughters and the Iraqi constitution excluded female lines from succession. Ali Bin al-Hussein's family is indeed the senior surviving branch of the descendants of Faisal's father, Sharif Hussein ibn Ali, provided that one here accepts inheritance through the female line (his mother was a daughter of the Hussein ibn Ali's oldest son). However, Ali Bin al-Hussein has two older brothers, so his claim would only be valid if they and their children agreed to abdicate their claims. Other claims to the throne of Iraq via the male line could be made by Prince Ra'ad or by King Abdullah II of Jordan. If succession through female line is accepted, also Sharif Ghazi bin Rakan Nasser (b 1939), husband of Faisal I's granddaughter Sharifa Husaima (Huzeima) and the couple's son, Sharif Rakan bin Ghazi, all of them also agnates of Hashemite House, could be claimants prior to Sharif Ali. Faisal I Faisal ibn Husayn (May 20, 1883 – September 8, 1933) was for a short while king of Greater Syria in 1920 and king of Iraq from 1921 to 1933. ... Hussein bin Ali or Husayn ibn Ali (died 1931) was the Sharif of Mecca, and Emir of Mecca from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself king of Hejaz, which received international recognition. ... His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein. ...

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• Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy