According to the constitution adopted in 2005, the Republic of Iraq is defined as a federal democratic parliamentary republic. Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister of Iraq who heads the
Council of Representatives of Iraq
Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting.
Iraqis in the predominantly Sunni city of Husaybah, wait in lines to vote during the national election.
The Council of Representatives is the de facto unicameral legislature of Iraq. According to the constitution of Iraq, it is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the country. The Federation
Politics of Iraq
…federal government). The President of Iraq is the head of state with largely ceremonial powers, while legislative and judicial power is vested in the Council of Representatives and Supreme Judicial Council respectively. The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Iraq an "authoritarian regime" in 2023. The Regimes of the World index…
Baghdad Convention Center inside
Iraqi parliament members in 1928.