Presidency Council of Iraq

E137130

The Presidency Council of Iraq was a three-member executive body that collectively served as Iraq’s head of state during the country’s post-2003 transitional period, with authority to approve legislation and key government decisions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Presidency Council of Iraq canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state
collegial body
executive body
aim ensure consensus among major communities in Iraq during transition
appliesDuring transitional period after the 2003 invasion of Iraq
appliesToJurisdiction Iraq
compositionPrinciple power-sharing among major Iraqi political groups
constitutionalArticle Transitional provisions of the 2005 Constitution of Iraq
constitutionalStatus transitional constitutional body
country Iraq
createdFollowing 2005 Iraqi Constitution referendum
decisionMakingMode collective decision-making
dissolved 2010
endTime 2010
firstPresident Jalal Talabani
firstVicePresident Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Ghazi al-Yawar
governmentBranch executive branch of Iraq
hasAuthority approve death sentences
approve key government decisions
approve legislation
ratify international treaties
veto legislation
hasMemberRole President of Iraq
Vice President of Iraq
headquartersLocation Baghdad
legalBasis Constitution of Iraq
surface form: Constitution of Iraq (2005)

Transitional Administrative Law of Iraq
numberOfMembers 3
partOf transitional political process of Iraq after 2003
precededBy Iraqi Interim Government
surface form: Interim Presidency of Iraq

Iraqi Governing Council
replacedBy President of Iraq
role head of state of Iraq
selectionMethod elected by the Council of Representatives of Iraq as a single list
startTime 2005
temporalScope first parliamentary term under the 2005 Iraqi Constitution
vetoOverrideRequirement three-fifths majority of the Council of Representatives of Iraq
vetoPower suspensive veto over legislation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.