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iraq**

H.E. Maan Abed Hantoosh,
Chairman, IHEC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Al Jumhuriyah al Iraiyah
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Majlis an-Nuwwab al-`Iraqiyy (Council of Repre-
President Barham SALIH sentatives)

4. Head of government Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Prime Minister Abdil ABDUL-MAHDI nominated
In the Council of Representatives (Majlis an-Nuw-
5. Capital wab al-`Iraqiyy) 328 members are elected through
Baghdad an open-list proportional representation system to
serve 4-year terms
6. Currency
New Iraqi Dinar (NID) 4. Popular House
Council of Representatives of Iraq
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Arab 75%-80%, Kurd15%-20%, Turkman, Chaldean, 5. Type of Electoral System
Assyrian or others less than 5% Open-List Proportional Representation
8. Date of Independence PArt iii
1932 (from British Mandate) ELECtorAL sYstEM

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
8 March 2004 (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

10. Language (s) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Arabic (official) Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC)

11. Literacy Levels 2. Website Address
Male: 56.24% Female: 44.01% www.ihec.iq
Total: 50.14% (2018)
3. Nature of EMB
Independent

AS-7 237 **Draft. EMB has been requested to update the draft. Response awaited.

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