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Iraq Government 1996
Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah
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Administrative divisions:
18 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Anbar, Al Basrah, Al
Muthanna, Al Qadisiyah, An Najaf, Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, At Ta'mim, Babil,
Baghdad, Dahuk, Dhi Qar, Diyala, Karbala', Maysan, Ninawa, Salah ad Din,
Wasit
3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
Anniversary of the Revolution, 17 July (1968)
22 September 1968, effective 16 July 1970 (provisional Constitution); new
constitution drafted in 1990 but not adopted
based on Islamic law in special religious courts, civil law system
elsewhere; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
President SADDAM Husayn (since 16 July 1979); Vice President Taha Muhyi
al-Din MARUF (since 21 April 1974); Vice President Taha Yasin RAMADAN (since
23 March 1991)
Prime Minister SADDAM Husayn (since NA May 1994); Deputy Prime Minister
Tariq Mikhail AZIZ (since NA 1979)
Revolutionary Command Council:
Chairman SADDAM Husayn, Vice Chairman Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri
National Assembly (Majlis al-Watani):
elections last held on 1 April 1989 (next to be held NA); results - Sunni
Arabs 53%, Shi'a Arabs 30%, Kurds 15%, Christians 2% (est.); seats - (250
total) number of seats by party NA
in northern Iraq, a "Kurdish Assembly" was elected in May 1992 and calls for
Kurdish self-determination within a federated Iraq; the assembly is not
recognized by the Baghdad government
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Political parties and leaders:
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Other political or pressure groups:
political parties and activity severely restricted; opposition to regime
from disaffected members of the Ba'th Party, Army officers, and Shi'a
religious and ethnic Kurdish dissidents; the Green Party
(government-controlled)
ABEDA, ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT,
INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Iraq has an Interest Section in the Algerian Embassy in Washington, DC
Iraqi Interests Section, 1801 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
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US diplomatic representation:
(vacant); note - operations have been temporarily suspended; a US Interests
Section is located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad
Masbah Quarter (opposite the Foreign Ministry Club), Baghdad
P. O. Box 2447 Alwiyah, Baghdad
[964] (1) 719-6138, 719-6139, 718-1840, 719-3791
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with three green
five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; the
phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green Arabic script - Allahu to the
right of the middle star and Akbar to the left of the middle star - was
added in January 1991 during the Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of
Syria that has two stars but no script and the flag of Yemen that has a
plain white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt that has a symbolic
eagle centered in the white band
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