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Iraq

العراق עיראק

6 parties on file · 4 currently in government

Capital
Baghdad
Population
45.5M
Independence
1932
Government
Parliamentary republic (sectarian power-sharing; PM Shia, President Kurd, Speaker Sunni)
Head of state
President (Kurdish)
Head of government
Prime Minister (Shia)
Electoral system
Parliamentary proportional representation (329 seats) under post-2005 system

Ba'athist rule 1968-2003 ended by US invasion. Post-2005 consociational system. Shia Coordination Framework dominant post-Sadrist withdrawal in 2022; Sudani is the current PM.

Timeline · 8 events

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2025
  • Confirmed Election scheduled November 11, 2025

    Iraqi parliamentary election scheduled for November 2025

    Iraq's next parliamentary election is scheduled for 2025-11-11. The Sadrist Movement (Sairoon) has not announced whether it will end its 2022 political withdrawal and contest seats.

  • Reported Coalition formed April 2025

    Iraq prepares for late-2025 elections under Sudani

    Iraq's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 2025 set the stage for either a renewal of Sudani's Coordination Framework government or a return of Sadrist influence after Muqtada al-Sadr's 2022 withdrawal. The Council of Representatives passed an electoral law revision in spring 2025 modifying district boundaries; opposition parties accused the changes of favoring Coordination Framework members.

2022
  • Confirmed Coalition formed October 27, 2022

    Iraq: Sudani forms government after the longest deadlock in Iraqi history

    Iraq spent over a year without a sitting government after the October 2021 elections — through Sadrist withdrawal from parliament, mass resignations of Sadrist MPs, deadly Green Zone clashes in August 2022, and a constitutional impasse over who could form a cabinet. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, a Coordination Framework nominee, finally took office, ending the deadlock but consolidating power in the Iran-aligned bloc Muqtada al-Sadr had walked out to oppose.

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2019
  • Confirmed Other October 1, 2019

    Tishreen protest movement begins

    Cross-sectarian protests across Baghdad and the Shia south demanding the resignation of the post-2003 political class. PM Adel Abdul Mahdi resigns by December; protests continue through 2020 with hundreds killed in security-force violence.

2017
  • Confirmed Election held September 25, 2017

    Kurdish independence referendum

    Iraqi Kurdistan votes 92.7% in favour of independence. Baghdad rejects the result; within weeks, federal forces retake Kirkuk and most disputed territories, ending KRG's post-2003 territorial expansion.

  • Confirmed Other July 10, 2017

    Mosul liberated from ISIS

    Iraqi forces backed by the US-led coalition retook Mosul on 2017-07-10 after a nine-month battle, ending three years of ISIS control over Iraq's second-largest city. The defeat marked the effective end of the ISIS caliphate's territorial control.

2014
  • Confirmed Other June 10, 2014

    Mosul falls to ISIS

    Iraqi army collapses in Mosul; ISIS captures Iraq's second-largest city in two days, looting central bank cash and US-supplied military equipment. Ten days later, al-Baghdadi declares the caliphate from al-Nuri Mosque.

2010
  • Confirmed Election held March 7, 2010

    Iraqi 2010 election: Allawi wins, Maliki forms government

    The 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election ended with Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya bloc narrowly winning the most seats. However, Maliki's State of Law Coalition outmaneuvered Allawi over 9 months to form the government — a moment widely seen as setting Iraq on the sectarian path that enabled ISIS's 2014 rise.

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Compass · Iraq

Country mean — Economic +0.3, Social -4.2

-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 2 parties 3 parties islamist-shia centroid · 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Kurdistan Democratic Party (IQ) · in government · Economic +4.0, Social -3.0 IQ Kurdistan Democratic Party National Wisdom Movement (IQ) · in government · Economic +1.0, Social -4.0 IQ National Wisdom Movement State of Law Coalition (IQ) · in government · Economic -3.5, Social -6.0 IQ State of Law Coalition Sairoon Alliance (IQ) · Economic -2.0, Social -6.0 IQ Sairoon Alliance Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (IQ) · in government · Economic +2.0, Social -2.0 IQ Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Ringed dots are parties currently in government. See the full regional compass · hand-coded estimates; methodology.

Current leadership · grouped by party

13 political figures across 7 groups. Coalition parties first, then opposition, then unaffiliated.

Kurdistan Democratic Party in government · 2 figures

National Wisdom Movement in government · 1 figure

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in government · 1 figure

State of Law Coalition in government · 1 figure

Sairoon Alliance opposition · 1 figure

Independents / unaffiliated 1 figure

Independents / unaffiliated 6 figures

Parties

Source documents · 20

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Briefs from Iraq

Hand-written political-science mini-papers involving Iraq parties. 1 brief on file.

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Iraq [Country profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/IQ
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Iraq." Country profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/IQ.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-country-iq,
  title     = {{Iraq}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Country profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/IQ},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.