<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The Council of Representatives elected the President of the Republic and his Deputies, including the President of the Council of Ministers . </P>

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