Prime Minister of Iraq - wikipedia Prime Minister of Iraq Prime Minister of Iraq Official emblem Incumbent Haider al - Abadi since 8 September 2014 Style His Excellency Residence Republican Palace, Baghdad, Iraq Appointer Chosen by the President ; if failed, chosen by National Assembly with absolute majority Term length Four - year term renewable once Inaugural holder Abd Al - Rahman Al - Gillani Formation 11 November 1920 Website http://www.mofa.gov.iq/en/ Iraq This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Iraq Constitution Government Federal government President ( list ) Fuad Masum Prime Minister ( list ) Haider al - Abadi Cabinet Current cabinet Legislature Council of Representatives Speaker : Salim al - Jabouri Judiciary Supreme Court Administrative divisions Governorates ( provinces ) Districts Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan Parliament Elections Political parties Electoral Commission Recent elections Legislative : 2005 ( Jan ) 2005 ( Dec ) 2014 Gubernatorial : 2005 2009 2013 2005 constitutional referendum Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Iraq to Iraq Passport Visa requirements Foreign aid to Iraq Other countries Atlas The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq 's head of government. The Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country 's active executive authority. Nouri al - Maliki ( formerly Jawad al - Maliki ) was selected to be Prime Minister on 21 April 2006. On 14 August 2014 al - Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al - Abadi to take his place. Contents 1 Appointment 2 Agencies directly subordinate 3 See also 4 References Appointment The Council of Representatives elected the President of the Republic and his Deputies, including the President of the Council of Ministers. The Presidency Council then shall name a Prime Minister unanimously. According to this, The Presidency Council must agree on a candidate for the post within two weeks. In the event that it fails to do so, the responsibility of naming the Prime Minister reverts to the National Assembly. In that event, the Council of Representatives must confirm the nomination by an absolute majority. If the Prime Minister is unable to nominate his Council of Ministers within one month, the Presidency Council shall name another Prime Minister. Agencies directly subordinate The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau reports to the Prime Minister directly. The Iraqi CTB oversees the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, a formation that includes all Iraqi Special Operations Forces. As of 30 June 2009, there had been legislation in progress for a year to make the Iraqi CTB a separate ministry. See also List of Prime Ministers of Iraq List of Kings of Iraq List of Presidents of Iraq References Jump up ^ `` Iraqi lawmakers pass law to block Maliki from third term ''. Reuters. Retrieved 6 April 2018. Jump up ^ Iraq parliament elects new leaders CNN, 22 April 2006 Jump up ^ Maliki endorsed as new Iraqi PM BBC News, 22 April 2006 Jump up ^ `` Maliki gives up Iraq PM job to rival ''. http://www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera and agencies. 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Pachachi Tawfiq al - Suwaydi Arshad al - Umari Jabr as - Sadr Muzahim al - Pachachi Mustafa al - Umari Mahmud † al - Jamali Arshad al - Umari Mirjan Baban Republic of Iraq ( 1958 -- 2003 ) Qasim † al - Bakr † Yahya † ar - Razzaq † al - Bazzaz † Talib Arif † Yahya † an - Naif † al - Bakr Hussein Hammadi Zubeidi as - Samarrai Hussein Iraqi Governing Council ( 2003 -- 2004 ) al - Ulloum * al - Jaafari Chalabi Allawi Talabani al - Hakim A. 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Question: who is the current prime minister of iraq
Answer: Haider al-Abadi