Iraqi Governing Council

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The Iraqi Governing Council was the interim administrative body established in post-invasion Iraq in 2003 to oversee the country’s political transition under coalition supervision.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interim governing body
political council
alsoKnownAs Governing Council of Iraq
IGC
appointedBy L. Paul Bremer
approvedDocument Transitional Administrative Law
chairmanshipType rotating presidency
country Iraq
dateApprovedTransitionalAdministrativeLaw 2004-03-08
dateDissolved 2004-06-01
dateEstablished 2003-07-13
establishedBy Coalition Provisional Authority
United States-led coalition
ethnicComposition Arab
Assyrian
linked to: Assyrians

Kurd
linked to: Kurds

Turkmen
linked to: Turkmens
flagUsed Iraqi flag (2004–2008 design)
linked to: Iraqi flag
hadFemaleMembers true
jurisdiction Iraq
legalForm appointed body
locationFormed Baghdad
mainLanguage Arabic
Kurdish
mandate appoint interim ministers
prepare for democratic elections
notableMember Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Adnan Pachachi
Ahmed Chalabi
Aqila al-Hashimi
Iyad Allawi
Jalal Talabani
Masoud Barzani
numberOfMembers 25
operatedIn Baghdad
Iraq
parentOrganization Coalition Provisional Authority
politicalContext Iraq War
politicalStatus interim authority
precededBy Ba'athist government of Iraq
linked to: Ba'athist Iraq
reasonForDissolution transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi Interim Government
religiousComposition Shia Arab majority
Sunni Arab members
replacedBy Iraqi Interim Government
role interim administrative body
oversaw political transition
supervisedBy Coalition Provisional Authority
timePeriod post-2003 invasion of Iraq

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Iraqi Special Tribunal createdBy Iraqi Governing Council
Presidency Council of Iraq precededBy Iraqi Governing Council
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan alliance Iraqi Governing Council (historical)
linked to: Iraqi Governing Council
Iraq political transition (2004) involves Iraqi Governing Council
Iraqi Interim Government legislativeBody Iraqi National Council
linked to: Iraqi Governing Council
Iraqi Interim Government appointedBy Iraqi Governing Council
Coalition Provisional Authority oversaw Iraqi Governing Council
subject linked to: CPA
Iraqi Governing Council alsoKnownAs Governing Council of Iraq
linked to: Iraqi Governing Council
Barham Salih memberOf Iraqi Governing Council (former)
linked to: Iraqi Governing Council
Adnan al-Pachachi memberOf Iraqi Governing Council
Adnan al-Pachachi participatedIn Iraqi Governing Council
Abdul Latif Rashid appointedBy Iraqi Governing Council