Vice President of Iraq

Vice President of Iraq
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Style	His Excellency
Appointer	Parliamentary vote
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Formation	14 July 1958
Final holder	Nouri al-Maliki Usama al-Nujayfi Ayad Alawi

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Iraq used had two vice presidents or deputy presidents. The office of Vice President was largely ceremonial but prestigious. The Constitution of Iraq, in its "Transitional Guidelines," creates a three-member Presidency (or Presidential) Council, consisting of the President of the Republic and two vice (or deputy) presidents, who must act in unison. The Presidency Council had three members to accommodate Iraq's three largest groups: Sunni Muslim Arabs, Shiite Muslim Arabs, and (mostly Sunni) Kurds. As a unit, the Presidency Council was meant to symbolize the unity of the nation. This arrangement is required by the constitution to continue until the Council of Representatives, enters its second set of sessions. At this point, the Presidency Council would be replaced by a solitary President of the Republic, who would also have one deputy. In any case, the Presidency is appointed by the Council of Representatives.

This three-member arrangement was a hold-over from the Iraqi interim government and the Iraqi Transitional Government.

On 13 May 2011, three vice-presidents were elected. On July 11, 2011, Adil Abdul-Mahdi resigned after he had presented his resignation to President Jalal Talabani on May 30, 2011. (Al-Aswat) (USA Today)

On August 11, 2015 the Council of Representatives approved the al Abadi Government's plan to abolish the posts of both Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister. Further steps are required to effectively abolish them.

Vice-Presidents of Ba'athist Iraq

The Ba'athist regime of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Saddam Hussein also used the office of Vice President. However, the post was not as influential as deputy chairmen of Revolutionary Command Council in Ba'athist Iraq. Vice Presidents were appointed on the discretion of the President.

Name	Entered office	Left office
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr	November 1963	January 1964
Saddam Hussein	November 1969	July 1979
Hardan al-Tikriti	April 1970	October 1970
Salih Mahdi Ammash	April 1970	December 1971
Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf	April 1974	May 2003
Taha Yassin Ramadan	March 1991	May 2003

Vice-Presidents of post-Ba'athist Iraq

Name		Portrait	Born-Died	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Ibrahim al-Jaafari إبراهيم الجعفري		1947–	1 June 2004	7 April 2005	Islamic Dawa Party
	Rowsch Shaways روز نورى شاويس		1947–	1 June 2004	7 April 2005	Kurdistan Democratic Party
	Adil Abdul-Mahdi عادل عبد المهدي		1942–	7 April 2005	11 July 2011	Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer غازي مشعل عجيل الياور		1958–	7 April 2005	22 April 2006	The Iraqis
	Tariq al-Hashimi طارق الهاشمي		1942–	22 April 2006	10 September 2012	Iraqi Islamic Party
	Khodair al-Khozaei		1947–	13 May 2011	9 September 2014	Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation
	Nouri al-Maliki نوري المالكي		1950–	9 September 2014	11 August 2015	Islamic Dawa Party
	Usama al-Nujayfi		1956–	9 September 2014	11 August 2015	Muttahidoon
	Ayad Allawi أياد علاوي		1945–	9 September 2014	11 August 2015	Iraqi National Accord

See also

• List of current Vice Presidents