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National Reform Trend
The National Reform Trend, also known as the National Reform Movement or as Islah (), is an Iraqi political party that was founded in 2008 by former Prime Minister of Iraq, Iraqi prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari. It is a Shiite-Islamic-based party. Jaafari was the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party when he was elected Prime Minister. Following the December 2005 Iraqi legislative election, his reelection as Prime Minister was blocked by Kurdish and Sunni Arab coalition partners. Nouri al-Maliki, also from the Islamic Dawa Party, was elected as a compromise candidate in his place, and Maliki replaced Jaafari as party secretary general in May 2007.Sawt al-Iraq, writing in Arabic
''Informed Comment'', May 14, 2007


Iraqi governorate elections, 2009

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Ibrahim Al-Jaafari
Ibrahim Abdul Karim al-Eshaiker (; born 25 March 1947), better known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election, January 2005 election. He served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2018. He was one of the two Vice President of Iraq, Vice Presidents of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005, and he was the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party. He withdrew his nomination for premiership for the permanent government. Early life and education He was born in Karbala to Shia parents Abd al-Karim al-Eshaiker and Rahmah al-Eshaiker on March 25, 1947. He hails from the noble Al Zheek family that claims descent from Ibrahim al-Asghar Patronymic, bin Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh Shia Imamate in Shia doctrine, Imam. The family settled in Karbala in the early 11th-century. His great ...
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Basra Governorate
Basra Governorate ( ), also called Basra Province, is a governorate in southern Iraq in the region of Arabian Peninsula, bordering Kuwait to the south and Iran to the east. The capital is the city of Basra, located in the Basrah district. Other districts of Basra include Al-Qurna, Al-Zubair, Al-Midaina, Shatt Al-Arab, Abu Al-Khaseeb and Al-Faw located on the Persian Gulf. It is the only governorate with a coastline. History In 1920, after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the United Kingdom took over the former Ottoman vilayets of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul which had together formed the historical region of ''Irak Arabi'' or '' Irak Babeli'', and called it the British Mandate of Mesopotamia or Mandatory Iraq. The mandate was succeeded by the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932. The local Shiite population suffered long and hard under Saddam's rule. The city of Basra had suffered considerably during the eight-year war with Iran and Allied bombardment and in 1991 duri ...
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Conservative Parties In Iraq
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears. In Western culture, depending on the particular nation, conservatives seek to promote and preserve a range of institutions, such as the nuclear family, organized religion, the military, the nation-state, property rights, rule of law, aristocracy, and monarchy. Conservatives tend to favor institutions and practices that enhance social order and historical continuity. The 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman Edmund Burke, who opposed the French Revolution but supported the American Revolution, is credited as one of the forefathers of conservative thought in the 1790s along with Savoyard statesman Joseph de Maistre. The first established use of the term in a political context originated in 1818 with François-René de ...
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List Of Islamic Political Parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public policy within a democratic framework. Lists are categorized by the ideological affiliation and sorted by the country of origin. Islamic democratic centrist, liberal, moderate, and progressive This is a list of political parties espousing Islam as its main identity without principal adherence to the particular ideology of political Islam, or taking a theological position of '' wasat'' which advocates for politico-religious centrism, Islamic democracy, Third Way, progressivism and liberalism. Banned parties ; * National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan ; *Islamic Iran Participation Front Non-legislature notable parties ; * Islamic Renaissance Movement (part of Green Algeria Alliance) * Movement for Democracy in Algeria ; * Al-Menb ...
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2014 Iraqi Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi President of Iraq, president and Prime Minister of Iraq, prime minister. Electoral system The open list form of party-list proportional representation, using the Governorates of Iraq, governorates as the constituencies, is the electoral system used. The counting system has been changed slightly from the largest remainder method to the Sainte-Laguë method, modified Sainte-Laguë method due to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Iraq that the previous method discriminated against smaller parties. Seven "compensatory" seats that were awarded at the national level to those parties whose national share of the vote wasn't reflected in the seats won at the governorate level have been allocated to individual governorates. Eight seats remain Reserved political positions, reserved for Minoriti ...
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National Iraqi Alliance
The National Iraqi Alliance (NIA or INA; ), also known as the Watani List, was an Iraqi electoral coalition that contested the 2010 Iraqi legislative election. The Alliance was mainly composed of Shi'a Islamist parties. The alliance was created by the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (the at the time largest Shi'a party) to contest in the January 2005 and December 2005 under the name United Iraqi Alliance (UIA; ), when it included all Iraq's major Shi'a parties. The United Iraqi Alliance won both those of elections however later fell apart after several major parties (most notably the Sadr Movement) left the alliance due to disputes with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Supreme Council. The component parties contested the 2009 provincial elections separately but later that year started negotiations to revive the list. In August 2009, they announced the creation of the National Iraqi Alliance for the 2010 parliamentary election, this time without Prime ...
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2010 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ...
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Wasit Governorate
Wasit Governorate () is a governorate in eastern Iraq, south-east of Baghdad and bordering Iran. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province. Major cities include the capital Al-Kut, Al-Hai and Al-Suwaira. The governorate contains the Mesopotamian Marshes of Shuwayja, Al-Attariyah, and Hor Aldelmj. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning "middle", as the former city of Wasit lay along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra. Wasit city was abandoned after the Tigris shifted course. History The ancient Sumerian city-state of Der is located near the town of Badra. The governorate experienced heavy fighting in the Iran–Iraq War, specifically the Battle of the Marshes. During the Iraq spring fighting of 2004, the Mahdi Army briefly took control of the capital Kut, from April 6 to April 16, before being defeated by US forces. Demographics The population is approximately 1,450,000. The majority are Shia Arabs. The marshes have traditionally been home to man ...
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Najaf Governorate
Najaf Governorate () is a governorate in central and southern Iraq. The capital is the city of Najaf, with another major city being Al Kufah. Both cities are holy to Shia Muslims Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual le ..., who form the majority of the population. Provincial government * Governor: Yusuf Kinawi * Deputy Governor: Ammar al-Jazairi * Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Hussein al-Isawi * Deputy PCC: Ghayth Sheba Politics Results of the 2023 provincial elections (seats): * We Build Alliance (3) * State of Law Coalition (3) * al-Wafaa Movement (2) * National State Forces Alliance (2) * Abshir Ya Iraq (1) * Idrak Movement (1) * Wathiqun (1) * Qiyam Civil Coalition (1) * Medar (1) Districts * Najaf District * Kufa District * Al-Manathera District * Al-Me ...
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Muthanna Governorate
Muthanna Governorate ( ''Al Muthannā'') or Al Muthanna Province, is a province in Iraq, named after the 7th-century Arab general al-Muthanna ibn Haritha. It is in the south of the country, bordering Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The provincial capital is the city of Samawah. It has the highest poverty rate in Iraq, with a rate of 52%. History Before 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which included present-day Najaf Governorate and al-Qādisiyyah Governorate. Samawah is very close to the ancient Sumerian-Babylonian city of Uruk (Aramaic: ''Erech''), which is possibly the source of the name Iraq. After the decline of Babylon following the Seleucid founding of Seleucia Seleucia (; ), also known as or or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day Baghdad Governorate in Iraq. It was founded around 305 BC by Seleucus I Nicator as th ..., Uruk became the largest city in southern Babylonia, an ...
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Maysan Governorate
Maysan Governorate () is a governorate in southeastern Iraq, bordering Iran. Its administrative centre is the city of Amarah, and it is composed of six districts. Before 1976, it was named Amara Province. Etymology This region was called ''Messène'' () by Ancient Greeks (Strabo), ''Mīšān'' (ܡܝܫܢ) in Syriac. ''Mēs̲h̲ān'' in Middle Persian and Parthian ( myšn), ''Mēs̲h̲un'' in Armenian, ''Maysān'' or ''Mīsān'' () in Arabic, and ''T’iao-tche'' ( Chaldaea) in the Han sources.Streck, M.; Morony, M.. "Maysān." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, 2012. Reference. 30 March 2012 History Alexander the Great founded the town of Charax Spasinu in 324 B.C. in the governorate. The town later became the capital of the Characene kingdom. It now exists as the ruins of Naysan. The area suffered greatly during the Iran–Iraq War, during which it was a major battlefield, and again during the 1991 Iraqi uprisings led by the Shia population. Government Ba'athist ...
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