HauptstadtBaghdad Unabhängigkeit3 Oktober 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) NationalfeiertagTag der Befreiung, 17 Juli (1968) Konstitution22 September 1968, effective 16 Juli 1970 (provisional constitution); new constitution drafted in 1990 but not adopted Wahlrecht18 Jahre; universal ExekutiveStaatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident SADDAM Husayn (seit dem 16 July 1979); Vice Staatspräsidents Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF (seit dem 21 April 1974) and Taha Yasin RAMADAN (seit dem 23 March 1991)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister SADDAM Husayn (seit dem 29 May 1994); Deputy Prime Ministers Tariq Mikhail AZIZ (seit dem NA 1979), Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-AZZAWI (seit dem 30 July 1999), Ahmad Husayn al-KHUDAYIR (seit dem NA July 2001), and Abd al-Tawab Mullah al-HUWAYSH (seit dem NA July 2001)
cabinet: Council of Ministers; note - there is also a Revolutionary Command Council or RCC with eight members as of 2001 (Chairman SADDAM Husayn, Vice Chairman Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri) which controls the ruling Ba'th Party; the RCC is the highest executive and legislative body and the most powerful political entity in the country; new RCC members must come from the Regional Command Leadership of the Ba'th Party
elections: president and vice presidents elected by a two-thirds majority of the Revolutionary Command Council; regular election last held 17 October 1995 (next scheduled for 2002); note - in place of the 2002 election, a presidential referendum was held on 15 October 2002 in which the presidency of SADDAM Husayn was extended for a fifth consecutive seven-year term
election results: SADDAM Husayn reelected president; percent of vote - 99%; Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF and Taha Yasin RAMADAN elected vice presidents; percent of vote - NA%; note - in a presidential referendum held 15 October 2002, SADDAM Husayn's term was extended for another seven years |
