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List of political parties in Iraq
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The following is a list of political parties in Iraq.
Iraq is a multi-party state. Political parties are commonly grouped by ideology/ethnic affiliation and by the group with which they were listed on the ballot of the 2005 Iraqi National Assembly election.
The electoral system of Iraq favours larger parties and coalitions, but makes it difficult for a single party to dominate with a majority.
Parliamentary alliances and parties
| Party | Leader | Political | |
|---|---|---|---|
| position | Ideology | MPs | |
| Progress Party (Iraq)}}" | Progress Party | ||
| حزب تقدم | |||
| Ḥizb Taqadum | Mohamed Al-Halbousi | Big tent | Nonsectarianism |
| Reformism | |||
| State of Law Coalition}}" | State of Law Coalition | ||
| إئتلاف دولة القانون | |||
| I'tilāf Dawlat al-Qānūn | Nouri al-Maliki | Syncretic | Populism |
| Anti-secularism | |||
| Statism | |||
| Kurdistan Democratic Party}}" | Kurdistan Democratic Party | ||
| پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان | |||
| Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê | Masoud Barzani | Big tent | Kurdish nationalism |
| Secularism | |||
| Fatah Alliance}}" | Fatah Alliance | ||
| ائتلاف الفتح | |||
| Iʾtilāf al-Fatḥ | Hadi al-Amiri | Right-wing | Shia Islamism |
| Pro-Iran | |||
| Anti-secularism | |||
| Kurdistani Coalition}}" | Kurdistani Coalition | ||
| هاوپەیمانی كوردستانی | |||
| Hevpeymanîya Kurdistanî | Abdul Rahman Mustafa | Big tent | Kurdish nationalism |
| Self-determination | |||
| Emtidad Movement}}" | Extension Movement | ||
| ائتلاف حركة امتداد | |||
| Harakat Emtidad | Alaa al-Rikabi | Centre | Liberalism |
| Secularism | |||
| Iraqi nationalism | |||
| Azem Alliance | |||
| ائتلاف عزم | |||
| Iʾtilāf al-Azem | Khamis al-Khanjar | Centre | |
| New Generation Movement}}" | New Generation Movement | ||
| جوڵانهوهی نهوهی نوێ | |||
| Culanewey Newey Nwê | Shaswar Abdulwahid | Centre | Liberalism |
| Babylon Movement | |||
| حركة بابليون | Rayan al-Kildani | ||
| Victory Alliance | |||
| ائتلاف النصر | |||
| Iʾtilāf al-Naṣr | Haider al-Abadi | Centre | Nonsectarianism |
| Realpolitik | |||
| Islamic democracy | |||
| Alliance Towards Reforms | |||
| تحالف سائرون للإصلاح | |||
| Tahaluf Saairun al-Islah | Hassan al-Aquli | Big tent | Iraqi nationalism |
| Anti-corruption | |||
| Al-Wataniya}}" | National Coalition | ||
| ائتلاف الوطنية | |||
| Al-Wataniya | Ayad Allawi | Centre | Secularism |
| National Wisdom Movement | |||
| تيار الحكمة الوطني | |||
| Tayar al-Hikmah al-Watani | Ammar al-Hakim | Big tent | Islamism |
| Nonsectarianism | |||
| Muttahidoon}}" | Uniters for Reform Coalition | ||
| ائتلاف متحدون للاصلاح | |||
| I'tilāf Muttaḥidūn lil-Iṣlāḥ | Osama al-Nujaifi | Regionalism | |
| Islamic democracy | |||
| Populism |
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadrist Movement}} | Sadrist Movement | Muqtada al-Sadr | |
| Iraqi Communist Party}} | Iraqi Communist Party | Raid Fahmi | |
| Youth Movement for Change Party | |||
| Party of Progress and Reform | |||
| Iraqi Republican Group | |||
| State of Justice Party |
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies |
|---|---|---|
| Ataa Movement | Falih Alfayyadh | |
| Popular Movement in Iraq | Mohammed Taha al-Hamdoun | |
| Iraqi National Congress | Ahmed Chalabi |
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badr Organization | Hadi Al-Amiri | ||
| Al-Sadiqoun Bloc}} | Al-Sadiqoun Bloc | Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri | |
| Islamic Virtue Party}} | Islamic Virtue Party | Ammar Tu'ma Abd Abbas | |
| National Reform Trend}} | National Reform Trend | Ibrahim al-Jaafari | |
| Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq}} | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq | ||
| المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي | |||
| al-Madschlis al-aʿlā l-islāmī l-ʿIrāqī | Humam Hamoudi |
| Party | Leader | Political position & ideologies |
|---|---|---|
| Islamic Dawa Party}} | Islamic Dawa Party | |
| حزب الدعوة الإسلامية | ||
| Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya | Nouri al-Maliki | |
| Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation | ||
| حزب الدعوة الاسلامية - تنظيم العراق | ||
| Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya – Tanzim al-Iraq | Hashim Al-Mosawy | |
| Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman | Abbas al-Bayati |
| Party | Leader | Political position and Ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Democratic Party}} | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Masoud Barzani | |
| Patriotic Union of Kurdistan}} | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Bafel Talabani | |
| Kurdistan Islamic Group}} | Kurdish Islamic Group | Ali Bapir | |
| Kurdistan Islamic Union}} | Kurdistan Islamic Union | Salaheddine Bahaaeddin | |
| Movement for Change}} | Gorran Movement | Omar Said Ali | |
| National Coalition | Aram Qadir | ||
| Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq}} | Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq | Kawa Mahmud | |
| Kurdistan Islamic Movement}} | Kurdistan Islamic Movement | Ehsan Ali Abdul Aziz | |
| Kurdistan Toilers' Party}} | Kurdistan Toilers' Party | Balen Abdullah | |
| Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party | Mohammed Haji Mahmoud | ||
| Kurdistan Society's Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadi) | Tara Husên | ||
| Selam Ebdulla | |||
| Yazidi Democratic Party | Haydar Shesho | ||
| National Stance Movement | Ali Hama Saleh | ||
| People's Front | Lahur Talabani |
| Party | Leader | Political position and Ideologies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council}} | Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council | Shamsuddin Georgis Zaya | |
| Iraqi Turkmen Front}} | Iraqi Turkmen Front | Arshad al-Salihi | |
| Civil Democratic Alliance}} | Civil Democratic Alliance | Ali Khathem Aziz | |
| Assyrian Democratic Movement}} | Assyrian Democratic Movement | Yonadam Kanna | |
| Sons of Mesopotamia | Galeta Shaba | ||
| Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress}} | Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress | Amin Farhan Jejo |
Parties active in the [[Kurdistan Region]]
Main article: List of political parties in the Kurdistan Region
Other parties
- Al Neshoor Party
- Alliance of Independent Democrats – led by Adnan Pachachi
- Assyria Liberation Party
- Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party
- Constitutional Monarchy Movement – led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein
- Democratic Monarchy Alliance
- Feyli Kurd’s National Movement – led by Judge Munir Haddad
- Green Party of Iraq
- The Upholders of the Message (Al-Risaliyun)
- Iraqi Democratic Union
- Rawafid El-Iraq led by Jalal B. Mejel AlGaood
- Ezidi Freedom and Democracy Party (PADE)
- Leftist Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
- Popular Unity Party
- Turkmen People's Party
- Worker-Communist Party of Iraq
Historical parties
| Name(English) | Name(Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political position & ideologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahdat an-Nidal | Wahdat an-Nidal | - | - | Communism |
| Shursh | Şoreş | - | - | Communism |
| Rayat ash-Shaghilah | Rayat Ash-Shagillah | - | Jamal al-Haidari | Communism |
| Organization of Iraqi Revolutionary Communists | Tanzim Al-shiyo'iyyin Al-Thawriyyin Al-'Araqiyyin | IRC | Tahsin Ali Ash-Shaikhli | Communism |
| Leninist Group in the Iraqi Communist Movement | Al-Fariq Al-Lenini Fi Al-Haraka Al-Shiyo'iya Al-'Araqia | - | Khalid Abdullah as-Salam | Communism |
| League of Iraqi Communists | Al-Rabita Al-shiyo'iyyin Al-'Araqiyyin | - | Daud as-Sayegh | Communism |
| Iraqi Communist Vanguard Organisation | - | - | - | Communism |
| Iraqi Communist Party of Daud as-Sayegh | - | - | Daud as-Sayegh | Communism |
| Iraqi Communist Party (Central Command) | Widhat al-Qa'idah | - | Adil Abdul-Mahdi | Communism |
| Ila al-Amam (Iraq) | Ila al-Amam | Thunun Ayub | Communism | |
| Arab Unity Party | Hizb Al-Wahda Al-Arabiya | AUP | Sobhi Abdul Hamid | Arab socialism |
| Arab Struggle Party | Hizb Al-Kifah Al-Arabi | ASP | - | Nasserism |
| Arabic Toilers' Movement | Harakt Al-Kadeheen Al-Arab | ATM | Unknown; several | Marxist-Leninist |
| Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc | Kutla al-Musalaha wa't-Tahrir | RLB | Misha'an al-Juburi | Secularism |
| Arab nationalism | ||||
| Iraqi nationalism | ||||
| Constitutional Union Party | حزب الاتحاد الدستوري | Nuri al-Said | Anti-communism | |
| Arab nationalism | ||||
| Party of National Brotherhood | حزب الاخاء الوطني | Naji Al-Suwaidi | ||
| Yasin al-Hashimi | ||||
| Rashid Ali al-Gaylani | Pan-Arabism | |||
| Arab nationalism | ||||
| Socialist Nation Party | حزب الامة الاشتراكي | Salih Jabr | Social democracy | |
| Arab nationalism | ||||
| Ahali group | الأهالي | Ja'far Abu al-Timman | Populism | |
| Iraqi nationalism | ||||
| Unified Popular Front | Al-Jabha Al-Sha'abiya Al-Mutahida | UPF | - | - |
| Liberal Party | حزب الاحرار | Tawfiq al-Suwaidi | Classical liberalism | |
| Constitutional monarchism | ||||
| National Democratic Party | Hizb al Wataniyah al Dimuqratiyah | NDP | Kamel al-Chaderji | Social democracy |
| Democratic socialism | ||||
| United Popular Front | الجبهة الشعبية المتحدة | Taha al-Hashimi | Reformism | |
| Iraqi nationalism | ||||
| Iraqi Independence Party | حزب الاستقلال العراقي | Muhammad Mahdi Kubba | Iraqi nationalism | |
| National Union Front | جبهة الاتحاد الوطني | Iraqi nationalism | ||
| Iraqi Arab Socialist Union | الاتحاد الاشتراكي العربي العراقي | Fuad al-Rikabi | Nasserism | |
| Pan-Arabism |
| Name(English) | Name(Arabic) | Acronym | Leader | Political position & ideologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hizb ut-Tahrir | Hizb at-Tahrir | HT | Ata Abu Rashta | Caliphalism |
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq | Hizb al-Ba‘th al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki fi al-'Iraq | - | Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed | Saddamism |
| Al-Awda | Al-Awda | - | Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed | Ba'athism |
References
References
- Dodge, Toby. (18 September 2018). "Iraq: A Year of Living Dangerously". Survival.
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