Al-Muwatin
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Citizen Alliance ائتلاف المواطن Al-Muwatin | |
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| Leader | Ammar al-Hakim |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Preceded by | Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Al-Mehraab Martyr List |
| Merged into | National Wisdom Movement |
| Succeeded by | National Wisdom Movement |
| Ideology | Shia Islamism |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | National Iraqi Alliance[1] |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives: | 0 / 329
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| Seats in the Governorate Councils: | 0 / 440
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| Governors: | 0 / 18
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Citizen Alliance (Arabic: Al-Muwatin, Arabic: ائتلاف المواطن) was a political coalition in Iraq led by Ammar al-Hakim, President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, from 2014 to 2017. Most of its MPs joined the National Wisdom Movement when this new party was launched in 2017 by Ammar al-Hakim.
History
[edit]Al-Muwatin was a broad alliance of 23 various Iraqi, primarily Shia, political entities that formed a coalition for the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election.[2] It was announced by its leader Ammar al-Hakim in March 2014.
Members of the coalition
[edit]- Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq – led by Ammar al-Hakim
- Al-Mehraab Martyr List
- Iraqi National Congress – led by Ahmed Chalabi
- Tayyar Bada'na – led by Jawad al Boulani
2014 parliamentary elections
[edit]Al-Muwatin won 29 seats in the 2014 Iraqi Parliament as follows:
- Babil Governorate – 3 seats
- Baghdad Governorate – 5 seats
- Basra Governorate – 6 seats
- Dhi Qar Governorate – 4 seats
- Diyala Governorate – 1 seat
- Karbala Governorate – 1 seat
- Maysan Governorate – 2 seats
- Muthanna Governorate – 2 seats
- Najaf Governorate – 2 seats
- Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate – 1 seat
- Wasit Governorate – 2 seats
- Total – 29 seats out of 328 seats
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Iraq: Maliki accused of threatening Shi'a alliance break-up". Asharq Al-Awsat. 3 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "AlAkhbaar.org: 23 كياناً يشكلون ائتلاف "المواطن" للمشاركة في الانتخابات". Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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| Reserved Christian seats (5) | |
| Reserved minority seats (3) |
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| Unrepresented in parliament | |
| Banned |
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