Council of Representatives of Iraq
Legislative Body
Iraqi MPs pass new election law...of pulling out combat troops by August, ahead of a full withdrawal in 2011. Population data The BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says the Iraqi Council of Representatives had to solve two problems - one was the issue raised by Mr Hashemi's veto;... In this article: Iraqi Council of Representatives, Iraq, Baghdad, US, and BBC |
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CNN | 2 days ago
Lawmakers to discuss Iraqi election law
...could not get enough votes on a national level. The numbers would increase from 5 percent to 15 percent. After parliament's 275-member Council of Representatives passed the election measure November 8, it was passed to the country's...
In this article: U.S., Iraq, E mail, Council of Representatives, U.N., Jalal Talabani, and CNN
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Taipei Times | 3 days ago
Veto throws Iraqi poll into doubt
...takes note of the presidency council's decision to veto the Iraqi electoral law," his spokesman Farhan Haq said. "He hopes that the Council of Representatives [parliament] will move swiftly to ensure that the law is adopted and the election...
In this article: Ban Ki-moon, Iraq, Council of Representatives, US State Department, Saddam Hussein, UN, and Jalal Talabani
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L.A. Times - World News | 4 days ago
Iraq vice president vetoes new election law
...who are affiliated with the former Baath Party and live in Syria. The law parliament passed allocates 5% of the 323 seats of the Council of Representatives as compensatory seats for minorities and those living overseas, giving the...
In this article: Iraq, Ray Odierno, United Nations, Nouri Maliki, Barack Obama, and U.S.
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BBC News | 4 days ago
Election in doubt
...National Assembly and provincial councils Dec 2005: General elections for first full-term government and new parliament, the Council of Representatives The new seats were distributed around the provinces which, under the new...
In this article: Massoud Barzani, Nouri al-Maliki, Jalal Talabani, Barack Obama, Iraq, and Baghdad
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The Australian | 4 days ago
After The Iraqi Presidential Veto
...January after the Presidency Council's decision to veto the electoral law. The law now goes back to the Council of Representatives. "He hopes the Council of Representatives will move swiftly to ensure that the law is adopted and the...
In this article: Council of Representatives, Ban Ki-moon, USA, Shanghai, New York, Iraq, and China
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BBC News | 4 days ago
Iraq VP vetoes new election law
...in all countries, and not just those residing in, or forcefully displaced to, neighbouring countries Under the text approved by the Council of Representatives, the proportion of "compensatory seats" in the chamber representing the...
In this article: Council of Representatives, Baghdad, Nouri Maliki, Iraq, US, Democracy, and Iraqi Islamic Party
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Reuters | 6 days ago
Bahrain seen ratifing single currency by next week -deputy
...after the lower house of parliament cleared the project on Tuesday, a deputy said. "Now, after the Council of Representatives ratified it, it will go to the Shura Council which will most likely ratify it by Monday, or even before that in...
In this article: Council of Representatives, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar
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Miami Herald | 6 days ago
Iraq's Kurds threaten to boycott elections
...stability and to the Obama administration's plans for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops. At one point Thursday, it appeared that Iraq's Council of Representatives had reached a compromise on the main point of contention: how the oil-rich,...
In this article: Iraq, Barack Obama, U.S., Democracy, Kirkuk, Kurdistan, and Massoud Barzani
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White House News | November 08, 2009
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Today's Passage of Amendments to the Iraq Elections Law
...Law "I congratulate Iraqi political leaders on today's passage of amendments to the Iraq elections law. Today's vote by the members of the Council of Representatives will allow for parliamentary elections in January 2010, as mandated under...
In this article: Joe Biden, Council of Representatives, and Iraq
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Kansas City Star | November 05, 2009
Iraq lawmakers can't agree on election law _ again
...Hanna said. </p><p>A U.S. Embassy spokesman, Philip Frayne, said the U.S. would like to see a deal "that works for all sides, so that the Council of Representatives can pass an elections law in time to keep to the January date for holding...
In this article: Iraq, Kirkuk, United States, Mahmoud Othman, Saddam Hussein, and Barack Obama
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The Council of Representatives of Iraq (Arabic: مجلس النواب العراقي Majlis al-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy) is the main elected body of representatives in Iraq. It is currently composed of 275 seats and meets in Baghdad inside the International Zone (Green Zone). It is governed by bylaws that can be found here
- Name:
- Majlis al-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy
- Type:
- Unicameral
- Head:
- Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
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