Salah ad Din governorate election, 2009
Encyclopedia
The Salah ad Din governorate election of 2009, was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates
outside Iraqi Kurdistan
and Kirkuk
.
of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. The INL also recruited local tribal leaders. The INL were successful in the elections because they had consistently opposed the de-Baathification policies of the Iraqi government, which had caused significant unemployment in the province.
The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc
's main slogan was "Get Out, Get Out Occupier"
and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front claimed victory in Salah ad Din.
In March, the INDF said they would form an alliance with the State of Law Coalition.
Governorates of Iraq
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outside Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
and Kirkuk
Kirkuk
Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad...
.
Campaign
The governor of Salah ad Din, Hamad Hamood al-Qaysi, stood for the Iraqi National ListIraqi National List
The Iraqi National List is a coalition of Iraqi political parties who ran in the December 2005 Iraqi elections and got 8.0% of the vote and 25 out of 275 seats...
of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. The INL also recruited local tribal leaders. The INL were successful in the elections because they had consistently opposed the de-Baathification policies of the Iraqi government, which had caused significant unemployment in the province.
The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc
Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc
The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc or Kutla al-Musalaha wa't-Tahrir is an Iraqi political party. The Sunni, liberal, and secularist party was founded as the Iraqi Homeland Party in Jordan in 1995 by exiles from Saddam's regime. A prominent member was Saddam's son-in-law Hussein Kamel al-Majid...
's main slogan was "Get Out, Get Out Occupier"
Results
Immediately after the election, the Iraqi National ListIraqi National List
The Iraqi National List is a coalition of Iraqi political parties who ran in the December 2005 Iraqi elections and got 8.0% of the vote and 25 out of 275 seats...
and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front claimed victory in Salah ad Din.
In March, the INDF said they would form an alliance with the State of Law Coalition.