The Presidency Council of Iraq, under the Transitional Administrative Law, serves collectively as the head of state. The Presidency council consists of one President and two deputies, or Vice-Presidents. The Presidency Council must make all decisions unanimously. The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period is the current Iraqi constitution signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraq Interim Governing Council. ... A head of state or chief of state is the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the countrys... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ...

The members of the Presidency Council are elected by a two-thirds majority in the Iraqi National Assembly. The Presidency Council has the right to veto legislation passed by the National Assembly. The Assembly may override the veto with a two-thirds majority. The Presidency Council has the right to appoint the Prime Minister of Iraq, as well as the various ministers which form the Iraqi Council of Ministers. The Presidency Council has the right to appoint military officers at the rank of General, pending the approval of a majority of the National Assembly. The Presidency Council chooses between the Higher Juridical Council nominees for the Supreme Court. The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... The word veto comes from Latin and literally means I forbid. ... List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ...

In addition, the Presidency Council serves as the ceremonial commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, however it exerts no command authority. Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ...

The first Presidency Council was elected by the National Assembly on 6 April 2005, after more than two months of negotiations between the United Iraqi Alliance and Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan political factions. Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani became President, with Shi'ite UIA and SCIRI member Adel Abdul Mahdi and outgoing Sunni President Ghazi al-Yawar as his deputies. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Iraqi Alliance is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly election in Iraq. ... The Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan is the name of the electoral coalition being presented as a united Kurdish list in the 2005 election in Iraq. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Jalal Talabani Jalal Talabani (born 1933 in Kelkan) is a prominent Iraqi Kurdish politician, who was named the President of Iraq on April 6, 2005. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... 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. ... Adel Abdul Mahdi is one of the two current Deputy Presidents of the Iraq. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Ghazi al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958? in Mosul, Iraq) is the interim President of Iraq. ...

External Links

Transitional Administrative Law (http://www.cpa-iraq.org/government/TAL.html)