Compose a 1250 words assignment on iraq as one of the most significant country in the persian gulf. Needs to be plagiarism free! According to the 2000 population census, Iraq had a population of over 23 million people with a significant proportion of this living within the arable agricultural areas between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In this paper, a political and economic profile of Iraq will be discussed to demonstrate its political and economic relevance in the region (Katzman, 1).

The political and leadership structure in Iraq today has witnessed significant evolution over the years with episodes of tyrannical leadership and autocracy. However, the second Persian Gulf conflict enabled Iraq to usher in a federal parliamentary system of government that has various level of political governance. The country practices multiparty democracy in which different parties are allowed to engage in the political and elective competition in the country for various representations in the national and regional parliaments (Roggio and Ardolino).

Apart from the prime minister, the president of the Republic of Iraq with the help of the parliamentary arm and the federation council also heads the executive. Today, Haider Al-Abadi is the prime minister of the Republic of Iraq and is empowered by the constitution of the country to appoint a council of ministers and other members of the cabinet (Bengio 45).

The constitution of Iraq defines the country as an Islamic country that embraces democratic ideals supported by a federal parliamentary system in which various levels of government are adopted. Apart from the executive, other arms of the federal government of Iraq include the legislature, the judiciary and other commissions that are tasked with various responsibilities in managing the country (Katsumata and Amitav 59). Parliament in Iraq is mandated with various legislative roles including the ratification of various international agreements and statutes.