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Iraq Prime Minister

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> Iraq > Prime Minister

Office

Prime Minister

Honorific

Prime Minister - Abbr: PM

Type

Appointment

Filing Deadline

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Polls Open

March 02, 2020 - 01:00am Central

Polls Close

May 06, 2020 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

May 07, 2020 - 01:30am

Term End

October 28, 2022 - 03:00am

Contributor

Bojicat

Last Modified

Bojicat October 28, 2022 12:36pm

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Description

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned effective December 1, 2019 and remained caretaker until March 2, 2020, designating his Deputy Prime Minister, Fuad Hussein, as caretaker (Hussein rejected the honor on March 3, 2020).

Prime-Minister designate Adnan al-Zurfi, nominated by President Barham Salih on March 17, 2020, had until April 17, 2020 to secure a vote of confidence from parliament. Al-Zurfi failed to do so and resigned on April 11, 2020.

President Barham Salih then nominated Mustafa Al Kadhimi as Iraq’s prime minister-designate on April 11, 2020. Al Kadhimi faced a May 9, 2020 deadline to secure a vote of confidence from parliament.

The Iraqi Assembly considers Adel Abdul Mahdi titular caretaker prime minister.

Parliament approves 12 of 20 ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Al-Kazemi in the late evening of May 6, 2020 [Link] then at around 8:30 am on May 7, 2020 Iraq time votes to approve another three ministers and Al-Kazemi as Prime Minister [Link]

Mustafa Al-Kadhimi was forced to resign on October 13, 2022 after parliament selected by indirect suffrage Abdul Latif Rashid as President.