tive branch:
chief of state: Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) President Jalal
TALABANI (since 6 April 2005); Deputy Presidents Adil Abd AL-MAHDI
and Ghazi al-Ujayl al-YAWR (since 6 April 2005); note - the
President and Deputy Presidents comprise the Presidency Council)
head of government: Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) Prime
Minister Ibrahim al-JAFARI (since April 2005); Deputy Prime
Ministers Rowsch SHAWAYS, Ahmad CHALABI, and Abid al-Mutlaq
al-JABBURI (since May 2005)
cabinet: 32 ministers appointed by the Presidency Council, plus
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-JAFARI, Deputy Prime Ministers Rowsch
SHAWAYS, Ahmad CHALABI, and Abid al-Mutlaq al-JABBURI
elections: held 30 January 2005 to elect a 275-member Transitional
National Assembly that will draft a permanent constitution and pave
the way for new national elections at the end of 2005

Legislative branch:
unicameral National Assembly or Mejlis Watani (consisting of 275
members elected by a closed-list, proportional-representation system
for the period between the National Assembly election and the
formation of a permanent Iraqi government pursuant to the
establishment of a permanent constitution)
elections: held 30 January 2005 to elect a 275-member Transitional
National Assembly that will draft a permanent constitution and pave
the way for new national elections at the end of 2005
election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party -
United Iraqi Alliance 48.2%, Democratic Patriotic Alliance of
Kurdistan 25.7%, Iraqi List 13.8%, others 12.3%; number of seats by
party - United Iraqi Alliance 140, Democratic Patriotic Alliance of
Kurdistan 75, Iraqi List 40, others 20

Judicial branch:
Supreme Court appointed by the Prime Minister, confirmed by the
Presidency Council

Political parties and leaders:
Al-Sadr Movement [Muqtada Al-SADR]; Constitutional Monarchy
Movement or CMM [Sharif Ali Bin al-HUSAYN]; Da'wa Party [Ibrahim
al-JA'FARI]; Independent Iraqi Alliance or IIA [Falah al-NAQIB];
Iraqi Hizballah [Karim Mahud al-MUHAMMADAWI]; Iraqi Independent
Democrats or IID [Adnan PACHACHI, Mahdi al-HAFIZ]; Iraqi Islamic
Party or IIP [Muhsin Abd al-HAMID, Hajim al-HASSANI]; Iraqi National
Accord or INA [Ayad ALLAWI]; Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad
CHALABI]; Iraqi National Unity Movement or INUM [Ahmad al-KUBAYSI,
chairman]; Jama'at al Fadilah or JAF [Ayatollah Muhammad ' Ali