Iraq

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Iraq is a state in transition to democracy, but de facto in civil war. Iraq seems to be a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...

The parties

Parties are grouped by ideology/ethnic affiliation and by the group with which they were listed on the ballot of the 2005 Iraqi National Assembly election Legislative elections were held in Iraq on January 30, 2005. ...

Parliamentary alliances and parties

• Shia parties on the United Iraqi Alliance list
  • Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (al-Majlis al-alalith-thaura l-islamiyya fil-Iraq) - led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
  • Islamic Dawa Party (Hizb al-Da'wa al-Islamiyya) - led by Ibrahim al-Jaafari
  • Iraqi National Congress - led by Ahmed Chalabi
  • Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq - led by Muqdad Al-Baghdadi
• Kurdish parties on the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan list
  • Kurdistan Democratic Party (Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê) - led by Massoud Barzani
  • Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Yaketi Nishtimani Kurdistan) - led by Jalal Talabani
  • Kurdistan Islamic Union (Yekîtiya Islamiya Kurdistan)
  • Kurdistan Toilers’ Party (Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan)
  • Kurdistan Communist Party (Partiya Komunîst Kurdistan)
  • Assyrian Patriotic Party
• Secular parties on the Iraqi List (al-Qayimaal Iraqia)
  • Iraqi National Accord - led by Iyad Allawi
• The Iraqis list - led by Ghazi al-Yawer
• Iraqi Turkmen Front (Irak Türkmen Cephesi)) (same as Alliance of the Turkomen Front of Iraq?)
• National Independent Cadres and Elite People’s Union
• People's Union (Ittihad Al Shaab)
  • Iraqi Communist Party - led by Hamid Majid Mousa
• Islamic Kurdish Society - led by Ali Abd-al Aziz
• Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq
• National Democratic Party (Hizb al Dimuqratiyah al Wataniyah) - led by Samir al-Sumaidai
• National Rafidain List
  • Assyrian Democratic Movement (Zowaa Dimuqrataya Aturaya)- led by Yonadam Kanna
• Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc
• The Upholders of the Message (Al-Risaliyun)
• Mithal al-Alusi List
• Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress

Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... The United Iraqi Alliance (Arabic: الائتلاف العراقي الموحد; transliterated: al-Itilāf al-`IrāqÄ« al-Muwaḥḥad) is the electoral coalition that achieved the most votes in the December 15, 2005, National Assembly election in Iraq. ... The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) is an Iraqi political party; its support comes from the countrys Shia Muslim community and from their fellow religionists in neighbouring Iran. ... Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (b. ... The Islamic Dawa Party (Arabic حزب الدعوة الإسلامية Hizb al-Dawa al-Islamiyya) is an Iraqi political organization. ... Ibrahim al-Jaafari Dr. Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamza al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari (Arabic: ) (born 1947) is the former Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government following the elections of January 2005. ... The Iraqi National Congress (INC) is an umbrella Iraqi opposition group led by Ahmed Chalabi. ... Ahmed Chalabi Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi, Ph. ... The Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq or Iraqi Faili Islamic Gathering is one of two Iraqi political parties of Shiite Fayli Kurds, the other being the Fayli Kurd Islamic Union. ... The Kurds are an Iranian-speaking ethnic group who consider themselves to be indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. ... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. ... Founded by Mustafa Barzani, the legendary Kurd who fought numerous revolts against Baghdad with success. ... Massoud Barzani Massoud Barzani (born August 16, 1946) is the head of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. ... The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (est 1975) (Kurdish: Yakêtî Nîştimanî Kurdistan) is a political party in Iraqi Kurdistan. ... Jalal Talabani (in Kurdish:ﺟﻪﻻﻝ ﺗﺎﻟﻪﺑﺎﻧﻰ /Celal Talebanî/Jelal Talebaní )(in Arabic: جلال طالباني: jalâl tâlabânî) (born 1933), Iraqi politician, was named President of Iraq on April 6, 2005 and once again on April 22, 2006 by the Iraqi National Assembly. ... Kurdistan Islamic Union (Arabic: مالَثةرِي حزبي يةكطرتووي كوردستان / عيَراق Kurdish: Yekîtiya Islamiya Kurdistan) is a party of the Muslim Brotherhood. ... Kurdistan Toilers Party (Kurdish: Parti Zahmatkeshan Kurdistan) founded according to the party on 1985, a splinter from the Kurdistan Socialist Party of Iraq, and later a member of the Iraqi Kurdistan Front. ... The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq (Kurdish: Partiya Komunîst Kurdistan a ÃŽraq) is a Kurdish splinter Party of the Iraqi Communist Party. ... The Assyrian Patriotic Party was established in 1973 in Baghdad. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... The Iraqi List (Arabic: al-Qayimaal Iraqia) is a political party list in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005, consisting of mainly secular Shia. ... The Iraqi National Accord (INA) is an Iraqi political party headed by Iyad Allawi. ... Iyad Allawi Dr. Iyad Allawi (Arabic: ) (born 1945) is an Iraqi politician, and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraqs 2005 legislative elections. ... The Iraqis is an Iraqi political party led by interim President Ghazi al-Yawar. ... Ghazi al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958? in Mosul, Iraq) is the interim President of Iraq. ... The Iraqi Turkmen Front (Turkmen: Irak Türkmen Cephesi) is a political movement founded in 1995 which seeks to represent the Turkmen people of Iraq. ... The National Independent Cadres and Elite People’s Union is a political party in Iraq. ... The Ittihad Al Shaab or Program of Peoples Unity is the communist party list in the 2005 Iraqi election. ... Since its foundation in 1934, the Iraqi Communist Party (in Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العراقي) has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. ... Hamid Majid Mousa was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... The Islamic Kurdish Society or Islamic Group of Kurdistan is a political party in Iraq. ... The Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq is a political party in Iraq. ... The National Democratic Party is an Iraqi political party. ... The National Rafidain List or Al Rafideen National List is one of the coalitions of Iraqi political parties that ran in the 2005 Iraqi election. ... The Assyrian Democratic Movement (ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ) is an ethnic Assyrian political party in Iraq. ... Yonadam Kanna (Syriac: ܝܘܢܐܕܐܡ ܚܢܐ) was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc is an Iraqi political party. ... The Upholders of the Message, (Risalyun) is an Iraqi political list that ran in the December 2005 elections. ... The Mithal al-Alusi List is one of the coalitions of Iraqi political parties that ran in the December 2005 elections. ... The Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress is a Yazidi political party in Iraq that ran in the December 2005 elections. ...

Other parties

• Secular parties
  • Communist Party of Iraq
  • Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
  • Leftist Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
  • Alliance of Independent Democrats - led by Adnan Pachachi
  • National Democratic Party - Naseer al-Chaderchi
  • Green Party of Iraq
  • Iraqi Scientific Humanitarian Committee
• Monarchist
  • Constitutional Monarchy Movement - led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein
  • Iraqi Hashemite Alliance - led by Sharif Maamoun Abd al-Rahmann al-Naisan
• Assyrian/Christian parties and lists
  • Alliance of the Two Rivers
  • National List of the Two Rivers
  • National Assyrian Alliance - led by Odisho Milko Kurkis
  • Assyrian Patriotic Party - on the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan list
  • Assyria Liberation Party
• Kurdish parties
  • Kurdistani Democratic Solution Party - led by Fa'aq Mohammed
  • Kurdistani Conservatives Party - led by Zyad Omar Khider Surchi
  • Islamic Union for the Philean Kurds of Iraq
• Turkish parties
  • National Turkomen Movement - led by Hassam Eddin Ali Wali
  • Turkmen People's Party
• Yazidi parties
  • Yazidi Future Movement
• Sunni parties
  • Iraqi Islamic Party - led by Mohsen Abdel Hamid

This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Communist Party of Iraq, a political party in Iraq. ... The Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (Arabic: Hizb al-Shuyui al-Ummali al-Iraqi) is a Marxist political party in Iraq and amongst Iraqi exiles. ... The Left Worker-Communist Party of Iraq [1]is a small political party in Iraq, formed in 2004. ... Adnan Pachachi Adnan Pachachi (born on May 14, 1923 in Baghdad), is the scion of a Sunni Arab family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics. ... The National Democratic Party is an Iraqi political party. ... Naseer Kamel al-Chaderchi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... The Green Party of Iraq was created in 2003 and is dedicated to build an Iraq that is committed to democracy, justice, and freedom and one that respects equal rights for all Iraqis, irrespective of religion, sect, or ethnicity. The political party does not have any elected members in the... The Iraqi Scientific Humanitarian Committee is a political entity in Iraq that supports a secular, democratic republic that is committed to protecting the freedom and human rights of all citizens, including LGBT Iraqis. ... The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist Iraqi opposition group led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. ... Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein was born in 1956, in Baghdad, Iraq as a member of the Hashemite House. ... The Assyrian Patriotic Party was established in 1973 in Baghdad. ... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition first presented as a united Kurdish list in the January 2005 election in Iraq. ... The Assyria Liberation PArty or Gabo dFurqono dAshur (GFA, in Syriac: ܓܒܐ ܕܦܘܪܩܢܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ) was founded in 1995, and since 1997 the party has published the magazine Furqono (Liberation). ... Türkmen Halk Partisi To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Yazidi or Yezidi (Kurdish: Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Iraqi Islamic Party (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi), a Sunni political party in Iraq. ... Mohsen Abdel Hamid was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council (president, February 2004), created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...

Illegal party

• Ba'ath Party

Bath Party flag The Arab Socialist Bath Party (also spelled Baath or Baath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. ...

External links

• List of political parties participating in December 2005 election

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals