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Democracy in Iraq is a fledgling process, but Iraq achieved a more democratic approach than most surrounding countries. [1] [2] Iraq has a score of 3.51 of ten on the 2021 The Economist Democracy Index, which is considered authoritarian. Iraq scored 0.362 on the V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index in 2023, ranking 3rd in the Middle East and 115th ...
The state of Democracy in Middle East and North Africa can be comparatively assessed [1] according to various definitions of democracy. [2] De jure democracies in the Middle East and North Africa are according to system of government: Parliamentary republic: Iraq, [3] Israel, Lebanon [4] Presidential republic: Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
The government of Iraq is defined under the current Constitution, approved in 2005, as an Islamic, [1] democratic, parliamentary republic. [2] The government is composed of the executive , legislative , and judicial branches, as well as numerous independent commissions.
According to the 2023 V-Dem Democracy indices Iraq was the third most electoral democratic country in the Middle East. [79] Under Saddam, the government employed 1 million employees, but this increased to around 7 million in 2016. In combination with decreased oil prices, the government budget deficit is near 25% of GDP as of 2016. [80]
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Iraq is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic.It is a multi-party system whereby the executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers as the head of government, the President of Iraq as the head of state, and legislative power is vested in the Council of Representatives.
Despite a Democratic blowout in the midterm elections driven by public opposition to the war, then-president George W. Bush wanted to "surge" thousands more U.S. troops into Iraq. Democrats ...
UN-led team finds Iraq election credible; Iraq's Electoral system is a part of the problem says Regional Expert; Provincial Elections in Iraq: Blow to Confessionalism (Qantara.de) Global Justice Project: Iraq; Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit