| Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq | |
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| رئيس وزراء جمهورية العراق (Arabic) | |
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| Council of Ministers Executive branch of the Federal Government of the Republic of Iraq | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Type | Head of government |
| Residence | Republican Palace,Baghdad |
| Seat | Al Zaqura Building |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | Four-year term, renewable[1] |
| Formation | 11 November 1920 |
| First holder | Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani |
| Salary | 140,000,000Iraqi dinars/96,552 USD annually[2] |
| Website | Official website |
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Judiciary |
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Theprime minister of the Republic of Iraq is the foremost executive of the Iraqi government and thecommander-in-chief of theIraqi Armed Forces. The premier is responsible for the general policy of the state and directs theCouncil of Ministers, with the power to dismiss and name any senior executive, including ministers and generals.[3] In addition to the armed forces, the premier has direct authority over all of those intelligence and security agencies under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Prime Minister, such as theCTS and theINIS.
Under the informally adopted ethno-sectarian quota system known asMuhasasa, the position of prime minister is reserved for aShia Muslim.[4]
On 27 October 2022,Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani became the incumbent prime minister.
The prime minister was originally[when?] an appointed office, subsidiary to thehead of state, and the nominal leader of theIraqi parliament. Under the2005 constitution the prime minister is the country's activeexecutive authority.Nouri al-Maliki (formerly Jawad al-Maliki) was selected to be prime minister on 21 April 2006.[5][6] On 14 August 2014, al-Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister ofIraq to allowHaider al-Abadi to take his place.[7] On 25 October 2018,Adil Abdul-Mahdi was sworn into office five months after the2018 elections until his resignation in 2019.[8] He was once again appointed, this time as a caretaker prime minister due to political dispute.[citation needed] Abdul-Mahdi was replaced byMustafa Al-Kadhimi, who was approved by the parliament on 7 May 2020.[9] Al-Kadhimi was replaced by Al-Sudani after the2021 Iraqi parliamentary election.
After an election,[citation needed] theCouncil of Representatives elects thePresidency Council of Iraq, including the president of theCouncil of Ministers. The Presidency Council must then name a prime minister unanimously within two weeks. If it fails to do so, then the responsibility of naming the prime minister reverts to theCouncil of Representatives. In that event, the Council of Representatives must confirm the nomination by an absolute majority. If the prime minister is unable to nominate his Council of Ministers within one month, the Presidency Council must name another prime minister.
TheCounter Terrorism Bureau,National Intelligence Service,National Security Service, andPopular Mobilization Commission report to the prime minister directly. The Iraqi CTB oversees the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, a formation that includes allIraqi Special Operations Forces. In June 2009, there were ongoing efforts to make the Iraqi CTB a separate ministry.[10]
The prime minister's office is located in theAl Zaqura Building in theGreen Zone, Baghdad.
The positions of the presidency, speaker of the parliament, and prime minister "were split up among the three major communities, with the position of president reserved for the Kurds, the position of prime minister (the most powerful in Iraq) for the Shia, and the position of speaker of the parliament for the Sunnis.
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| Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004) |
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