Independent Democrats (Iraq)

The Assembly of Independent Democrats was an electoral coalition that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in

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 Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. It was led by

Adnan Pachachi Adnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi ( ar, عدنان الباجه جي) (14 May 1923 – 17 November 2019) was a veteran Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nation ...

(a Sunni

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

former foreign minister who was on the

Iraqi Governing Council The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) was the provisional government of Iraq from 13 July 2003 to 1 June 2004. It was established by and served under the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). The IGC consisted of various Iraqi pol ...

until January 2004) and his party, the Democratic Centrist Tendency. The assembly included also Dr

Mahdi al-Hafez Mahdi Ahmed al-Hafez was Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim Government. A Shia Muslim, al-Hafez was the Iraqi representative to the United Nations from 1978 ...

, who was the minister of planning, Dr Ayham al-Samarie, former minister of electricity,

Maysun al-Damluji Maysoon Salem Al-Damluji ( Arabic: ميسون سالم الدملوجي); born 1962) first name also spelt Maysun, is a liberal Iraqi politician and women's rights campaigner. She was Iraq's deputy minister of culture from June 2004 until March ...

, deputy minister of culture,

Omar al-Farouq al-Damaluji ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

, former minister of reconstruction, Atta Abdul-Wahab, ambassador of Iraq in Jordan,

Mishkat al-Mumin Mishkat Al-Moumin ( ''Mishkāt al-Mū‘min'', also Romanized ''al-Mumin'') is an Iraqi lawyer and lecturer. She served as the Minister of Environment in the Iraqi Interim Government under Iyad Allawi (2004–05). After surviving several assassinat ...

, former minister of environment,

Leila Abdul Latif Leila may refer to: *Leila (name), a female given name, including a list of people with the name and its variants Film and television * ''Leila'' (1997 film), an Iranian film * ''Leïla'' (2001 film), a Danish film * ''Leila'' (TV series), a ...

, former minister of Labor & Social Affairs, Saad Abdul-Razzaq Hussain, and some other Iraqi politicians. In the December 2005 elections the list joined the

Iraqi National List The Iraqi National List ( ar, القائمة العراقية الوطنية) was a coalition of Iraqi political parties who ran in the December 2005 Iraqi elections and got 8.0% of the vote and 25 out of 275 seats. History Prior to the December ...

coalition headed by former

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 is ...

Ayad Allawi Ayad Allawi ( ar, إيَاد عَلَّاوِي ; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi politician. 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 ...

. The list was represented in National Assembly by Dr

and

. 2005 establishments in Iraq Defunct political party alliances in Iraq Electoral lists for Iraqi elections Iraqi democracy movements Liberal parties in Iraq Political parties established in 2005 {{Iraq-party-stub