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{{Short description|2005–2006 government of Iraq}}
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{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = Iraqi Transitional Government
|jurisdiction = [[Iraq]]
|flag = Flag of Iraq (2004–2008).svg
|flag_border = true
|image = Coat of arms of Iraq (2004–2008).svg
|date_formed = {{Start date|2005|05|03|df=y}}
|date_dissolved = {{End date|2006|05|20|df=y}} 
|government_head = [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]]
|legislature_status = [[Coalition government|Coalition]]
}}

{{Politics of Iraq}}The '''Iraqi Transitional Government''' was the government of [[Iraq]] from May 3, 2005, when it replaced the [[Iraqi Interim Government]], until May 20, 2006, when it was replaced by a [[Government of Iraq from 2006|permanent government]].

On April 28 it was approved by the transitional [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|Iraqi National Assembly]], which had been [[January 2005 Iraqi legislative election|elected in January 2005]]. It operated under the [[Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period]], and its main functions were to draft a permanent [[Constitution of Iraq]] and to form a transitional government.

==Organization==
===Executive===
Although the President is the chief of military and head of state, the Prime Minister is the head of government who exercises most executive powers. The President and both deputies (collective the ''[[Presidency Council of Iraq]]'') are elected by the Assembly with a two-thirds majority. They then propose the Prime Minister from the largest party, who must also be approved by a two-thirds majority; the Prime Minister then proposes the [[Council of Ministers of Iraq|Council of Ministers]], who must be approved with a two-thirds majority.

The current Council of Ministers was sworn in on May 3 but several key posts were left vacant. Six new ministers were approved to fill vacant positions on 8 May, one of whom rejected his position saying he had not been consulted.

{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!
|-
|[[President of Iraq|President]]
|[[Jalal Talabani]]
|-
| Vice Presidents 
|[[Adil Abdul Mahdi]] <br /> [[Ghazi al-Yawer]]
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Iraq|Prime Minister]]
|[[Ibrahim al Jaafari]]
|-
|Deputy Prime Ministers
|[[Ahmed Chalabi]]<br />[[Ruz Nuri Shawis]]<br />[[Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri]]<br />''(vacant)''
|-
|[[Interior Minister]]
|[[Bayan Baqir Solagh]] 
|-
|[[Foreign Minister]]
|[[Hoshyar Zebari]]
|-
|[[Defence Minister]]
|[[Saadoun al-Dulaimi]]
|-
|Oil Minister
|[[Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum]]
|-
|Electricity Minister
|Mohsen Shlash
|-
|Minister of Planning and Development Co-operation
|[[Barham Salih]] 
|-
|Higher Education Minister
|Sami al-Mudhaffar
|-
|Minister of Municipalities and Public Works
|[[Nisrin Barwari]]
|-
|Telecommunications Minister
|[[Juwan Fouad Masum]]
|-
|[[Finance Minister]]
|[[Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi]] 
|-
|Minister of Water Resources
|[[Abdul-Latif Rashid]] 
|-
|[[Minister of the environment|Minister of Environment]]
|[[Narmin Othman]]
|-
|Trade Minister
|[[Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi]] 
|-
|Transport Minister
|[[Salam al-Maliki]]
|-
|Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
|Idris Hadi
|-
|Human Rights Minister<td style="background-color:#ddeeff;">[[Narmin Othman]] ''(acting)''<br />[[Hashim al-Shible]] rejected the post after he had been approved by parliament
|-
|Health Minister
|Abdel Muttalib Mohammed Ali
|-
|Minister of Construction and Housing
|[[Jasim Mohammed Jaafar]]
|-
|Education Minister
|[[Abdel Falah Hassan]]
|-
|[[Minister of Agriculture|Agriculture Minister]]
|[[Ali al-Bahadili]]
|-
|[[Justice Minister]]
|<span class="anchor" id="Abdel Hussein Shandal">Abdel Hussein Shandal</span>
|-
|Culture Minister
|Nuri Farhan al-Rawi
|-
|Minister of Science and Technology
|[[Basimah Yusuf Butrus]]
|-
|Minister of Displacement and Migration
|[[Suhaylah Abd-Jaafar]]
|-
|Minister of Youth and Sports
|Talib Aziz Zayni
|-
|Minister of Industry
|[[Usama al-Najafi]]
|-
|[[Minister of State]] for National Security Affairs
|[[Abdul Karim al-Anizi]]
|-
|Minister of State for Governorate Affairs
|Saad Nayif Mujhim al-Hardan
|-
|Minister of State for Civil Society Affairs
|Ala Habib Kazim
|-
|Minister of State for Women's Affairs
|Azhar Abdel Karim al-Shaikhli
|-
|Minister of State for [[Tourism]] and [[Archaeology|Antiquities]]
|Hashim al-Hashimi
|-
|Minister of State for [[National Assembly of Iraq|National Assembly Affairs]]
|[[Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi]]
|}

===Legislative===
*President of National Assembly [[Hajim al-Hassani]]
**Deputy President [[Hussain al-Shahristani]]
**Deputy President [[Aref Taifour]] 
***[[Iraqi National Assembly|National Assembly]]

===Judicial===
*Higher Judicial Council
**Federal Supreme Court
***Court of Cassation
***Courts of Appeal
***Central Criminal Court

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040825140439/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/iraq/tal_annex.htm ANNEX TO THE LAW FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF IRAQ IN THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD] ''[[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University  of United States Air Force]]''

{{Iraqi governments}}
{{s-start}}
{{Succession box 
| before=[[Iraqi Interim Government]] 
| title=Government of Iraq 
| years=May 3, 2005 - May 20, 2006 
| after=[[Al Maliki I Government]]
}}
{{s-end}}

[[Category:Cabinets of Iraq]]
[[Category:Provisional governments]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in Iraq]]
[[Category:2006 disestablishments in Iraq]]
[[Category:History of the government of Iraq (2003–2011)]]