Presidency Council of Iraq
Member State of the Arab League The Presidency Council of Iraq was an entity that operated under the auspices of the "transitional provisions" of the Constitution of Iraq and previously under the Transitional Administrative Law.The Presidency Council functioned in the role of the president of Iraq until one successive presidential term after the ratification of the Constitution[1] and a government was seated.The first Presidency Council was elected by the National Assembly on 6 April 2005, after more than two months of negotiations between the United Iraqi Alliance and Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan political factions.[6] Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani became president, with Shi'ite UIA and SCIRI member Adil Abdul al-Mahdi and outgoing Sunni president Ghazi al-Yawar as his deputies.The second Presidency Council, the first under the new Constitution of Iraq, consisted of Talabani as president, and vice-presidents Adil Abdul al-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi.