Iraqi Governing Council

The Iraqi Interim Governing Council, usually abbreviated as the Iraqi Governing Council, was the provisional government of Iraq established by the US-led multinational coalition from 2003 to 2004, consisted of various Iraqi political, religious, and tribal leaders who were appointed by the Coalition Provisional Authority to provide transitional leadership of the country to an eventual democratic state.

Council Members

• Samir Shakir Mahmoud
• Sondul Chapouk
• Ahmed Chalabi (p)
• Naseer al-Chaderchi
• Adnan Pachachi (p)
• Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (p)
• Massoud Barzani (p)
• Jalal Talabani (p)
• Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (p)
• Ahmed al-Barak
• Ibrahim al-Jaafari (p) now Provisional Prime Minister of Iraq
• Raja Habib al-Khuzaai
• Aquila al-Hashimi (died following assassination attack on September 25, 2003); replaced by Salama al-Khufaji on December 8
• Younadem Kana
• Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
• Mahmoud Othman
• Hamid Majid Mousa
• Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (p) - Final council president, now interim President of Iraq
• Ezzedine Salim (p) (died in car bomb on May 17, 2004)
• Mohsen Abdel Hamid (p)
• Iyad Allawi (p) - former interim Prime Minister of Iraq
• Wael Abdul Latif
• Mouwafak al-Rabii
• Dara Noor Alzin
• Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi

The presidency of Iraq rotated monthly among nine members of the council. A (p) marks those members above. (See President of Iraq.)

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