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Jalal Talabani - Art History Online Reference and Guide Following the Iraqi elections on 30 January, 2005, Talabani was named President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government by the transitional National Assembly on 6 April. The KDP-PUK joint election slate, the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan, swept the Kurdish National Assembly election, 2005 as well as 77 seats in the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005. Jalal Talabani (born 1933 in Kelkan) is a prominent Iraqi Kurdish politician, who was named the President of Iraq on April 6, 2005. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Jalal_Talabani

Iraqi Elections: Human Rights Concerns (Human Rights Watch, January 23, 2005) On January 30, 2005, Iraqis will vote in three elections: for a Transitional National Assembly, eighteen district councils and, for voters in the three semi-autonomous Kurdish provinces in the north, an Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. The slates will win seats in the assembly based on the percentage of the national vote they receive, and candidates on the slates will be appointed based on their position on the lists. To date, Iraqi election officials have not provided information about the number of Iraqis registered to vote, in part because voters in Nineveh and al-Anbar provinces are allowed to register and vote on the same day. www.hrw.org /english/docs/2005/01/21/iraq10058_txt.htm

The __earthinc Earlier, I had actually thought that this election would elect the head of the state and other high state functions, similar to the November US presidential election. Moreover, the National Assembly will act as a transitional government, replacing the interim government. It is imperative nevertheless for Iraqi to vote and not cave in to the threat. www-personal.umich.edu /~mnoorsha/2005/01/499-of-iraqi-national-assembly.html

[No title] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been designated by the Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) to organize the Out of Country Voting (OCV) for Iraqis living in certain countries outside Iraq for the 2005 Iraqi National Assembly Election. We would be very grateful if you could forward details of these positions to Iraqi friends and colleagues who may be interested in working with the IOM out of country voting programme in the To prepare the monthly payroll of international and national staff and submit to Finance Section for payment; plus handle all HR and payroll related enquiries in relation to international and national staff payrolls; www.ccicoa.org /jobs/jobs.htm

Iraqi legislative election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the 111-member legislature of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, were held on the same day as the federal legislative elections. The members of the National Assembly have been selected from 196 candidate lists, chosen by proportional representation using the Hare quota and the largest remainder method with a threshold of one quota. One challenge to the legitimacy of the election was the low Sunni turnout, which was as low as 2 percent in Anbar province. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_National_Assembly_election,_2005

January 2005 Iraqi Elections According to the interim Iraqi elections law the percentage of women's representation in the National Assembly must not be less than 25 percent. The writer emphasizes that U.S. interference in the elections is likely because, "The United States and the West in general work solely for their own interests, disregarding other peoples' interests." He argues that the Bush administration will push ahead the elections to prove the invasion of Iraq was a success. The independent Iraqi satellite television station, al-Sharqiyya was also instrumental in encouraging the Iraqis to vote featuring both commercials and interviews among average Iraqis that stress the importance of voting, as well as features with prominent figures involved in the elections. meria.idc.ac.il /news/2005/05news1.html

IEDs - Iraq Election Discussions The members of the 275-seat newly elected National Assembly walked quietly into the heavily fortified convention center on the west bank of the Tigris River, with little pomp but with a solemnity indicating they understood the gravity, and the immense difficulty, of their duties. The national assembly’s first order of business will be to elect a speaker and vote on a presidential council, including a president and two deputies, who in turn will choose a prime minister to form the next government. The Shiite alliance won 140 seats in the National Assembly, but needs the Kurds&; 75 seats to assemble the two-thirds majority required to elect a president, who will then nominate the prime minister. iraqelect.com

FREE IRAQ: February 2005 These elections were a great victory in the history of Iraq against the terrorists and shows the unity of Iraqi people in the crisis to defeat the enemy,now we must work hard to treat the wounded Iraq and begin the reconsruction because we have much work to do. The primary task of the Assembly is to draft a constitution. This is in keeping with the provisions of the TAL that says the Assembly shall proceed with this task “by encouraging debate on the constitution through regular general public meetings in all parts of Iraq and through the media, and receiving proposals from the citizens of Iraq as it writes the constitution.” saleemtheiraqi.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_saleemtheiraqi_archive.html

State Department Recaps Details of Iraqi Election - US Department of State By the end of 2005, the Iraqi people are expected to elect a new national government under a new, permanent constitution. In addition to the election of a Transitional National Assembly, the Transitional Administrative Law calls for the election of provincial councils and a Kurdistan National Assembly.  These elections will also be held on January 30. The Transitional National Assembly election will be conducted according to a closed list proportional representation system with the entire country considered as a single electoral district. usinfo.state.gov /dhr/Archive/2005/Jan/06-756030.html?chanlid=democracy

CNN.com - How the Iraqi election will work - Jan 27, 2005 If elections proceed on schedule, a boycott by powerful Sunni groups and violence in Sunni-dominated areas of the country likely will keep many Sunnis away from the polls and decrease their level of representation in the National Assembly. The National Assembly also will serve as the parliament of Iraq, with the power to make laws and to elect a president and two deputies from among its members. This new constitution must be submitted to a national referendum by October 15, 2005. www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/01/27/q.and.a

deseretnews.com Iraqi commission certifies election results, allocates assembly seats BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's electoral commission Thursday certified the results of the Jan. 30 elections and allocated 140 National Assembly seats to the United Iraqi Alliance, giving the Shiite-dominated party a majority in the new parliament. Also, gunmen opened fire on patrolling Iraqi National Guardsmen in Hillah, 60 miles south of the capital, sparking a shootout that killed two suspected insurgents and wounded three Guardsmen, Maj. Fatik Iyd said. The assembly's first order of business will be to elect a president and two vice presidents to largely ceremonial positions. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600112814,00.html

James S. Robbins on Iraqi Election on National Review Online Sunni voters who participate in the Diyala local elections may also decide to cast votes for the national assembly. S unday's election in Iraq was mandated in the " Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period." It will establish the Iraqi transitional government, which will replace the existing Iraqi interim government, and begin phase two of the transition period. Seats in the national assembly are then allocated based on the percentage of the vote gained by each party. www.nationalreview.com /robbins/robbins200501280818.asp

BBC NEWS Middle East Q&A: Iraqi election The assembly's other main role will be to write a draft constitution by 15 August and submit this to referendum by 15 October. If the constitution is rejected, there will be a new assembly election by 15 December, and a further year is then allowed for the whole process. Iraq's landmark election was held on 30 January 2005. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3971635.stm

Latest reports on National Assembly Election in Iraq - Irna Concerning the predicted public turnout in the ongoing National Assembly Election, he told IRNA that it is not easy to foresee the number of voters but that it is hoped that public turnout will be satisfactory. Latest reports on National Assembly Election in Iraq Iraqi election, popular move to establish national sovereignty www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0501300770154112.htm

Kurdistan: Iraq - Kurds Back Talibani As Next Interim President or Prime Minister :: rojname.com Ballot counting for the National Assembly is continuing, but the Kurdish Unity List is widely expected to win the largest bloc of seats in the new body after the largely Shi´a United Iraqi Alliance. The parties of the Kurdish Unity List that competed in the election for the National Assembly on 30 January met in the northern city of Irbil on Thursday to insist that a Kurd becomes Iraq´s next president or prime minister. The National Assembly will have the power to choose the next Iraqi interim government and oversee the writing of the country´s permanent constitution. www.kurdishdailynews.com /show-all-last-minute-news.php?nuce=34185

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - Enpsychlopedia The PUK joined with the KDP and smaller parties to form the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan as an umbrella group contesting the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005. The regional Kurdish assembly elections showed that the PUK's support lies predominantly in the southern area of Iraqi Kurdistan. This unified Kurdish list gained 25.6% of the vote on the first democratic Iraqi elections on the 31st of January, 2005. www.grohol.com /psypsych/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan

News Release, No. 874 - Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program: Countries Agree to Host Voting for the Iraqi National Assembly Election Amman, Jordan- Expatriate Iraqis living in eleven countries around the world will now be able to vote in the Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) Program for the Iraqi National Assembly Election in January 2005 after agreements were concluded between the governments of these countries and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Countries Agree to Host Voting for the Iraqi National Assembly Election In consultation with local Iraqis and government officials, offices are being set up and local staff are being trained as registration and polling station committees. www.iom.int /en/archive/pr874_en.shtml

Human Rights Watch - Iraqi Election 2005 (Photo 3) The boxes hold ballots for three elections: the Transitional National Assembly, the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly and the Arbil Governorate. Human Rights Watch > Middle East > Iraq > Iraqi Election 2005 Human Rights Watch - Iraqi Election 2005 (Photo 3) www.hrw.org /campaigns/iraq/elections/3.htm

IEDs - Iraq Election Discussions Seven weeks after Iraqis defied insurgent threats to take part in the country’s first free election in decades, and as a series of explosions shook the heart of the capital, members of the constitutional assembly convened here today for the first time. The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), a Shia coalition backed by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is set to be the leading party in government with 146 seats in the 275-member Iraqi National Assembly. BAGHDAD, Iraq Apr 3, 2005 — Iraqi lawmakers elected a Sunni Arab as parliament speaker and Shiite and Kurdish leaders as his deputies on Sunday, ending days of deadlock and clearing the way for the formation of a new government two months after the country’s historic elections. iraqelect.com

Iraqi political groupings and individuals Stood as an independent list (349) in the January 2005 elections, winning 13740 votes, 0.16% of the vote, and did not qualify for any seats in the assembly. Stood as an independent list (170) in the January 2005 elections, winning 12728 votes, 0.15% of the vote, and did not qualify for any seats in the assembly. Iraqi National Alliance (al-Tahaluf al-Watani al-Iraqi): a reformist opposition grouping in Iraq that was tolerated under the Ba‘th regime, coming to prominence in Nov02, and with Ba‘thist and Nasirist participants. middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html   (11453 words)

Iraq Election Blog The Iraqi election Blog was set up to help Iraqis understand the election process as well as how the National Assembly works. As is already known, the Iraqi Alliance won the most seats, with 140. Now that the elections are over, I'll be posting when the final results are out. iraqelectionblog.blogspot.com   (11453 words)

Iraqi legislative election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 for an assembly to draft a Constitution and Iraqi legislative election, December 2005 for the first assembly under the new constitution. There were two national legislative elections in Iraq in 2005: en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_National_Assembly_election,_2005   (112 words)

Feminist Daily News 1/31/2005: Iraqi Women's Rights Dependent on Election Results Iraqi women's rights leaders fear that Sunday's elections could result in the installation of religious extremists that could put women's lives at risk. Now that the elections have taken place, activists fear that newly elected members of the assembly could try to reinstate Resolution 137 — an attempt made by religious leaders last March to restrict women’s rights by putting current family law under sharia (Islamic) law. While Iraq’s interim constitution currently guarantees at least 25 percent of the 275 seats in Iraq’s new National Assembly for women, female candidates were targets of violence led by extremists in attempts to keep women from campaigning. www.feminist.org /news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8866   (112 words)

Talk:Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In fact, the winning coalition in the elections, the United Iraqi Alliance, is largely Islamist, as well as is the current democratically-elected ruling party in Turkey. It is my understanding from reports on National Public Radio in the U.S. that voters in Iraqi Kurdistan voted on a ballot question on Iraqi Kurdistan's independence from the rest of Iraq. Besides the National Assembly, the transitional government will also include the Presidency Council, the Council of Ministers, and the judicial authority." en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Iraqi_legislative_election,_2005   (4384 words)

Iraqi legislative election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the 111-member legislature of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, were held on the same day as the federal legislative elections. The election was monitored from outside of Iraq by the International Mission for Iraqi Elections made up of members from nine nations and headed by Canada. One challenge to the legitimacy of the election was the low Sunni turnout, which was as low as 2 percent in Anbar province. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_National_Assembly_election,_2005   (4384 words)

Articles - Iraqi legislative election, 2005 Elections to the Kurdistan National Assembly, the 111-member legislature of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, were held on the same day as the federal legislative elections. The election was monitored from outside of Iraq by the International Mission for Iraqi Elections made up of members from nine nations and headed by Canada. One challenge to the legitimacy of the election was the low Sunni turnout, which was as low as 2 percent in Anbar province. www.free-biz.org /articles/Iraqi_National_Assembly_election,_2005   (4384 words)

Iraqi Elections Iraqis will be voting for a national assembly that will appoint a new provisional government, write a constitution and organize definitive elections by the end of the year. With just 5 days to go until Iraqis go to the polls, the United Nations says all technical arrangements are in place for Sunday's elections. Prendergast says the elections are not a “be-all and end-all” but one stage in an evolving transition. www.un.org /radio/story.asp?NewsID=1394   (4384 words)

IRAQI ELECTIONS: January 30, 2005 The Iraqi people will participate in democratic elections on January 30 for the first time in more than 30 years to elect a Transitional National Assembly, provincial councils for each of Iraq's provinces, and a Kurdistan Regional Government. Iraqis living abroad will be able to register and vote in 14 other countries. A new government operating under the permanent constitution is expected to be elected by the end of 2005. www.state.gov /r/pa/scp/2005/41206.htm   (4384 words)

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