The Unity Alliance of Iraq ( Arabic: ائتلاف وحدة العراق ''I’itilaf Wehdat al-Iraq'') commonly known as Iraq's Unity, Iraqi Unity or Wassat is an

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 ...

i political coalition formed to contest the

2010 Iraqi parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The elections decided the 325 members of the Council of Representatives who would elect the prime minister and president. The elections resulted in a partial victory for the Iraqi Nationa ...

. The coalition was formed by Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the head of the

Awakening movement The Sons of Iraq ( ar, أبناء العراق ''Abnāʼ al-ʻIrāq'') were coalitions between tribal sheikhs in the Al Anbar province in Iraq as well as former Saddam Hussein's Iraqi military officers that united in 2005 to maintain stability ...

, a Sunni tribal militia which was successful in significantly reducing the

insurgency An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregu ...

al-Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

and was then reformed into a political party, the Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance, which won the most seats in the 2009 Al Anbar governorate election.Anti-Qaeda sheikhs vie for west Iraq in poll
'' International Herald Tribune'', 23 January 2009 The Awakening Alliance joined forces with Iraq's

Shi'a Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...

interior minister

Jawad al-Bolani Jawad al-Bulani ( ar, جواد البولاني) (also spelled Al-Bolani; born in 1960) served as the Interior Minister of Iraq within the Council of Ministers under Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 8 June 2006 to 21 December 2010. Bulan ...

and his secular Iraqi Constitutional Party and Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, chief of

Sunni Endowment Office The Sunni Endowment Office is an Iraqi administration created by the Iraqi Governing Council after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. It was created from the dissolution of the ''Ministry of Awqaf and religious Affairs'' in former Baath rule, separ ...

. The list is led by Jawad al-Bolani.

2010 elections

During the 2010 elections the Iraq Unity List consisted of the following parties: * Iraqi Constitution Party – led by Jawad al-Bolani * Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance – led by Abu Risha *

Charter Gathering A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the re ...

– led by al-Samarrai *

Republican Gathering Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or again ...

– led by

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*Independent candidates, including

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

politician Nehru Kasnazani, former minister of defence

Saadoun al-Dulaimi Saadoun al-Dulaimi ( ar, سعدون الدليمي ''Saʿadūn ad-Dulaimī'') (born 1954) is an Iraqi politician, the ex-minister of defence for two terms, ex-minister of culture, and a former MP for two consecutive terms. Early life and educat ...

and Anbar tribal leader Abu Azzam al-Tamimi.

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