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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
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Incumbents

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
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Fuad Masum Muhammad Fuad Masum ( ar, محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي, translit=Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; , born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. ...
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Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
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Haider al-Abadi Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi ( ar, حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي; born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Minister of Communication fro ...
* Vice President of Iraq, Vice President: Nouri al-Maliki, Usama al-Nujayfi, Ayad Allawi


Events


January

* January 6 – Clashes with ISIL in Al Anbar Governorate kill twenty-three Iraqi Army soldiers and allied Sunni fighters. * January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.


February

* February 7 – Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 37 people hours before the city's curfew was due to end. ISIL claims responsibility. * February 9 – Several attacks, including a suicide bombing, kill at least 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital. * February 26 – ISIL posts a video showing the destruction of Mosul Museum, the second largest in Iraq and rich in artifacts from thousands of years of Iraqi history. * February 28 – A series of car bombs kill 19 people in Balad Ruz, east-central Iraq.


March

* March 2 – A coalition of Iraqi Armed Forces and militia numbering around 30,000 launches an offensive against Islamic State positions in Tikrit. Troops seize control of the district of al-Tin and al-Abeid. * March 5 – Separate attacks in Baghdad kill at least eight people. * March 7 – ISIL destroys the ancient city of Hatra following the destruction of Nimrud.


April

* April 8 – The Iraqi Ministry of Tourism reports that Bash Tapia Castle was destroyed by ISIL.


July

* July 17 – A 2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing, car bomb in Khan Bani Saad killed 130 people injuring at least 130 more. * July 31 – 2015 Iraqi protests, national protests


December

* December 8 – The Catholic University in Erbil is founded.


Scheduled

* The Iraqi Kurdistan presidential election, 2015, Iraqi Kurdistan presidential elections will take place.


Deaths


References

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