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The central aim is to explore the legislative framework governing prime ministerial resignation under the Iraqi constitution.

May 15, 2026Open Access

Governing the resignation of the Prime Minister in light of the Iraqi constitution 2005

Key Points

The central aim is to explore the legislative framework governing prime ministerial resignation under the Iraqi constitution.
Analysis of the Iraqi constitution 2005
Examination of legislative provisions related to executive authority
Comparative review of other parliamentary systems
Identified a gap in the governance of prime minister resignation in the Iraqi constitution.
Outlined the importance of clarifying the resignation process to enhance political stability.
Discussed potential reforms to ensure better legislative guidance.

Abstract

The Iraqi legislator has adopted the parliamentary system in the constitution 2005, and one of the pillars which the parliamentary system is based on is the duality of the executive authority, where is at the republic presidency and the presidency Ministers are on the top of the executive authority. The term of office of one of the two presidencies is not permanent, and end of the term may be normal or exceptional. the normal term related to such position is four years, but it could be ended in exceptional circumstances at any time before the end of the term of such as in case of resignation. The Iraqi legislator has governed the resignation of the president of the republic in the constitution, but it ignored governing the resignation of the prime minister. For that, this study addresses the issue of resignation of the Prime Minister due to huge role played by the prime minister

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