Political party in Iraq
The Assembly of Independent Democrats was an electoral coalition that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in Iraq . It was led by Adnan Pachachi (a Sunni Arab former foreign minister who was on the Iraqi Governing Council until January 2004) and his party, the Democratic Centrist Tendency . The assembly included also Dr Mahdi al-Hafez , who was the minister of planning, Dr Ayham al-Samarie , former minister of electricity, Maysun al-Damluji , deputy minister of culture, Omar al-Farouq al-Damaluji , former minister of reconstruction, Atta Abdul-Wahab , ambassador of Iraq in Jordan, Mishkat al-Mumin , former minister of environment, Leila Abdul Latif , former minister of Labor & Social Affairs, Saad Abdul-Razzaq Hussain, and some other Iraqi politicians.
In the December 2005 elections the list joined the Iraqi National List coalition headed by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi .
The list was represented in National Assembly by Dr Adnan Pachachi and Maysun al-Damluji .
Major political parties Minor political parties Reserved Christian seats (5) Reserved minority seats (3) Unrepresented in parliament Banned
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