Irak Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Baghdad
geographische Koordinaten: 33 20 N, 44 23 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins 1 April; ends 1 October

Unabhängigkeit

3 Oktober 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 Juni 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Government

Nationalfeiertag

Tag der Befreiung, 17 Juli (1968); note - this holiday was celebrated under the SADDAM Husayn regime; the Government of Iraq has yet to declare a new national holiday

Konstitution

ratified on 15 Oktober 2005 (subject to review by the Constitutional Review Committee and a possible public referendum )

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Jalal TALABANI (seit dem 6 April 2005); Vice Staatspräsidents Adil ABD AL-MAHDI and Tariq al-HASHIMI (seit dem 22 April 2006); note - the president and vice presidents comprise the Presidency Council)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI (seit dem 20 May 2006); Deputy Prime Minister Barham SALIH (seit dem 20 May 2006); second deputy prime minister positon vacant
cabinet: 34 ministers appointed by the Presidency Council, plus Prime Minister Nuri al-MALIKI, and Deputy Prime Minister Barham SALIH; second deputy prime minister position vacant
elections: held 15 December 2005 to elect a 275-member Council of Representatives