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After the writing of a new constitution and a transfer of power from the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority the state of Iraq is a parliamentary democracy. President Jalal Talabani is Head of State and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is head of government.

In addition to the President, there are two Vice Presidents, Adil al-Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi making up the Presidency Council.

There is a unicameral Council of Representatives, with 275 members elected by a closed-list, proportional representation system.

Percent of vote by "lists" or electoral slates of parties:

List/slate	Percent of votes	Number of seats
Unified Iraqi Alliance	41%	130 ^[1]
Kurdistan Alliance	22%	53
Tawafuq Front	15%	44
Iraqi National List	8%	25
Iraqi Front for National Dialogue	4%	11
Other	10%	12

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-After the writing of a new constitution and a transfer of power from the U.S. [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] the elected '''government of Iraq''' is a parliamentary democracy.  [[President of Iraq|President]] [[Jalal Talabani]] is [[head of state]] and [[Prime Minister of Iraq|Prime Minister]] [[Nouri al-Maliki]] is [[head of government]].
+After the writing of a new constitution and a transfer of power from the U.S. [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] the '''state of Iraq''' is a parliamentary democracy.  [[President of Iraq|President]] [[Jalal Talabani]] is [[Head of State]] and [[Prime Minister of Iraq|Prime Minister]] [[Nouri al-Maliki]] is [[head of government]].
 ==Presidency Council==
 In addition to the President, there are two Vice Presidents, [[Adil  al-Mahdi]] and [[Tariq al-Hashimi]] making up the Presidency Council.
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