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Furatayn Movement
The Furatayn Movement () is an Iraqi centrist political party founded by Muhammad Shayya al-Sudani. The party secretary is Bashar al-Saedi. History On December 13, 2018, Muhammad Shayya al-Sudani announced his resignation from the Dawa Party and the State of Law Coalition. On January 19, 2019, he announced the formation of a new political party. Al Sudani's official statement read: "Furatayn Movement is a genuine Iraqi political movement born to correct the trajectory of the State's work and stand against corruption and corruptors," he added "young people represent the backbone of the Furatayn Movement and are the spearhead of the coming reform." He also emphasized the intent for the party to be diverse and include all components of Iraqi society. In the 2021 parliamentary elections, Al Sudani successfully won a seat in the Council of Representatives of Iraq, and in October 2022 after a period of deadlock, he was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Iraq. In 2023, Furatayn announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Shayya Al-Sudani
Muhammad Shayya al-Sudani (born 4 March 1970) is an Iraqi politician who has been the Prime Minister of Iraq since 27 October 2022. Prior to his premiership, he held a number of ministerial positions; namely, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, acting Ministry of Industry and Minerals (Iraq), Minister of Industry and Minerals, acting Ministry of Trade (Iraq), Minister of Trade, acting Minister of Migration and the Displaced, acting Ministry of Finance (Iraq), Minister of Finance, acting Ministry of Agriculture (Iraq), Minister of Agriculture, and Ministry of Human Rights (Iraq), Minister of Human Rights. Furthermore, he has also held the position of Governor of Maysan Province, Maysan, and Mayor of Amarah. On 19 January 2019, al-Sudani founded the Furatayn Movement and has been its leader since. In 2025, ''The Muslim 500'' included him among the most influential Muslim politicians. Early life and education Al-Sudani was born in Baghdad on 4 March 1970, to a middle-class Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Iraqi Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Iraq on 11 November 2025. The elections will determine the 329 members of Iraq's Council of Representatives, who are responsible for electing the country's president and approving the appointment of the prime minister. Background The 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election resulted in violent clashes in Baghdad as well as a political crisis of eleven months. On 3 August 2022, Muqtada al-Sadr called for snap elections, but was unsuccessful, which led to the pro-Iran State of Law Coalition forming a government. Muqtada al-Sadr left politics and his party resigned from the Council of Representatives. There are speculations he will return to politics ahead of the elections. Electoral system The electoral system was changed following the 2018 parliamentary elections amid the protests from 2019 to 2021. Previously parliamentary elections had been held using proportional representation, with seats allocated using the Webster/Sainte-La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Nationalism
Iraqi nationalism is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that Iraqis form a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Iraqis of different ethnoreligious groups such as Mesopotamian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Yazidis, Mandeans, Shabaks. Iraqi nationalism involves the recognition of an Iraqi identity stemming from ancient Mesopotamia including its civilizations and empires of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon and AssyriaReich, Bernard. ''Political leaders of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa: A Bibliographical Dictionary''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, Ltd, 1990. Pp. 245. and influenced Iraq's movement for independence from Ottoman and from British occupation and was an important factor in the 1920 Revolution against the British and the 1958 Revolution against the British-installed Hashemite monarchy. There are two prominent variants. One variant views an Iraqi nation as one that involves Arab, Turkmen, Assyrian and Kurdish people, all of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalition Government
A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive. Coalition governments usually occur when no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election. A party not having majority is common under proportional representation, but not in nations with majoritarian electoral systems. There are different forms of coalition governments, minority coalitions and surplus majority coalition governments. A surplus majority coalition government controls more than the absolute majority of seats in parliament necessary to have a majority in the government, whereas minority coalition governments do not hold the majority of legislative seats. A coalition government may also be created in a time of national difficulty or crisis (for example, during wartime or economic crisis) to give a government the high degree of perceived political legitimacy or collective identity, it can also play a ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Iraqi Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 10 October 2021. The elections determined the 329 members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, Council of Representatives who in turn elected the Iraqi President of Iraq, president and confirmed the Prime Minister of Iraq, prime minister. 25 million voters are eligible to take part in Iraq's fifth parliamentary election since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2003 US-led invasion and the first since the 2019 Iraqi October Revolution. The election result led to the 2021 Baghdad clashes, clashes in Baghdad and an 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis, 11 month long political crisis. Background The elections were originally due to be held in 2022, but were brought forward to June 2021 due to the 2019–2021 Iraqi protests. They were then delayed until October as the Independent High Electoral Commission asked for more time to organize "free and fair elections", which the cabinet of Iraq approved on 19 January 2021. Electoral system The el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Tribes Of Iraq
Many Iraqi Arabs identify strongly with a tribe (العشيرة '''ashira''). 30 of the 150 or so identifiable tribes of Iraq are the most influential. They are grouped into federations (قبيلة ''qabila''). Within the tribe, there is the clan (الفخذ ''fukhdh''), the house (البيت ''beit'') and the extended family (الخمس ''khams''). Tribes are led by sheikhs (شيخ ''sheykh'') who represent the tribe and deal with its domestic affairs. Due to the large sizes of Iraq's tribes, an individual may belong to the Shammar tribe, but also the Aslam branch within the same tribe, and therefore can identify with both. There are hundreds of Arab tribes across Iraq from the north to the south. On its accession to power in the 17 July Revolution of 1968, Iraq's Ba'ath Party announced its opposition to tribalism ( القبلية ''al-qabaliyya''), although for pragmatic reasons, especially during the Iran–Iraq War, tribalism was sometimes tolerated and even encouraged. List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaykh
Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of female sheikhs in history. The title ''Syeikha'' or ''Sheikha'' generally refers to women. In some countries, it is given as a surname to those of great knowledge in religious affairs, by a prestigious religious leader from a silsila, chain of Sufi scholars. The word is mentioned in the Qur'an in three places: verse 72 of Hud (surah), Hud, 78 of Yusuf (surah), Yusuf, and 23 of al-Qasas. A royal family member of the United Arab Emirates and some other Arab countries, also has this title, since the ruler of each emirate is also the sheikh of their tribe. Etymology and meaning The word in Arabic stems from a Semitic root, triliteral root connected with aging: , ''shīn-yā'-khā. The title carries the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Al Asadi
Ahmed Jassim Al Asadi (also spelled ''al-Assadi'', ) (born 1 February 1970) is an Iraqi politician who currently serves as the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. He leads the Bilad Sumer Bloc (previously Sanad National Bloc), which is part of the governing Coordination Framework. On the other hand, he also leads the ‘Islamic Movement in Iraq’ and its armed wing Kata'ib Jund al-Imam. He was previously the spokesman of the Fatah Alliance as well as the Popular Mobilization Forces. He was the victim of an extortion campaign carried out by Australian and Canadian citizens. Al-Asadi is a dual Australian and Iraqi national.He hails from the Banu Asad tribe. Positions * Member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Iraqi Parliament * MP from Dhi Qar Governorate * He was considered an alternative deputy to then-Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi * He served as a national reconciliation adviser to the former Iraqi prime minister See also * Hadi Al-Amiri * Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karbala Governorate
Karbala Governorate (, ''Muḥāfażat Karbalāʾ'') is a governorate in central Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Karbala, a holy city for Shia Muslims for housing the shrine of the revered Imam Hussein. The population is majority Shia. The governorate includes part of the artificial Lake Milh. Provincial Government *Governor: Nassif Jassim al-Khattabi *Deputy Governor: Ali al-Meyali *Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Qassim al-Yesari * Deputy PCC: Mahfudh al-Tamimi Politics Results of the 2023 Provincial elections (seats): * Ibdaa' Karbala (7) * State of Law Coalition (2) * We Build Alliance (2) * Abshir Ya Iraq (1) * National State Forces Coalition (1) Districts * Ain Al-Tamur * Al-Hindiya (Tuwayrij) * Karbala Karbala is a major city in central Iraq. It is the capital of Karbala Governorate. With an estimated population of 691,100 people in 2024, Karbala is the second largest city in central Iraq, after Baghdad. The city is located about southwest . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi (; also spelled Iyad or Eyad; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi-British politician and neurologist. He served as the vice president of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. Previously he was interim prime minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and the president of the Governing Council of Iraq (38th prime minister of Iraq) in 2003. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, Allawi, a Shia Muslim, became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which was established by U.S.-led coalition authorities following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He became Iraq's first head of government since Saddam Hussein when the council dissolved on 1 June 2004, and named him prime minister of the Iraqi Interim Government. His term as prime minister ended on 7 April 2005, after the selection of Islamic Dawa Party leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari by the newly elected transitional Iraqi National Assembly. A former Ba'athist, Allawi helped found the Iraqi Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Wataniya
The National Coalition (, ) is a political coalition in Iraq. Members The following parties made up the coalition for the 2014 parliamentary election: * Iraqi National Accord – led by Ayad Allawi * Builders of Iraq – led by Abd Thiyab Jaza * Peace and Development Movement/Firmness – led by Abd al-Karim Ali Yassin Khalaf * Call of Freedom Gathering – led by Shalan Abd al-Jabar Ali al-Krayem * Iraqi Unity Gathering – led by Baha Nassir Hussein Salman * Iraqi National Council of Commons – led by Hassan Khudhaller Abbas Shwend * Loyalty to the Country Gathering – led by Wissam Sami Abd Allah Sulalman al-Bayat * Dialogue and Change Movement – led by Hamid Ubaid Mutlaq Omar * Movement of the Iraqi Falcons – led by Dhamr Hamid Ahmed Mahmoud * The Liberation and Building Front – led by Dhamin Iiwi Mutlaq Khalaf * Yazidi Progress Party – led by Waad Hamid Mattu Sabo * The Crescent – led by Wathab Shakir Mahmoud Aboud * Iraqi Republican Gathering – led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falih Al-Fayyadh
Falih Faisal Fahad Al-Fayyadh (; born 27 March 1956) is an Iraqi politician, former head and advisor of the National Security Council, and the current chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission (PMC). He is also the founder of the Ataa Movement. Biography Al-Fayyadh was born on 27 March 1956 in Baghdad. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mosul in 1977. He is the Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Commission and the Chairman and Founder of the Ataa Movement. Until July 2020, Al-Fayyadh was the Iraqi Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor. On 8 January 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Al-Fayyadh for "his connection to serious human rights abuse", and addressed his role in the violent repression of Iraqi protests beginning in October 2019. During the protests, Iranian-backed militias, headed by Al-Fayyadh, used marksmen to fire live bullets, hot water and tear gas against anti-government protesters, lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
