White Iraqiya Bloc
National White Bloc الكتلة الوطنیة البیضاء | |
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| Leader | Jamal Abed Almahdi Ali Albattikh[1] |
| Secretary-General | Jamal al-Bateikh[2] |
| Spokesperson | Aliya Nassif[3] |
| Parliamentary Head | Qutaibah Al Jabouri |
| Founded | March 8, 2011 |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Split from | Iraqi National Movement |
| Ideology | Catch-all |
| Seats in theCouncil of Representatives: | 0 / 328 [1]
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TheNational White Bloc(Arabic:الكتلة الوطنیة البیضاء), formerly known as theIraqi National Movement Partyor theWhite Iraqiya,is anIraqipolitical party.
History
[edit]The White Bloc emerged from the political infighting of theIraqi National Movement,with the group's 8 MPs leaving in early March 2011 in order to set up the White Bloc.[4]The major disagreement between the White Bloc and the Iraqi National Movement were over the perceived growing sectarian nature of the Iraqi National Movement and also over disagreements withAyad Allawi'sleadership.[5]
National Affiliation
[edit]The White Bloc was in talks to unite with other parties that have splintered from the Iraqi National Movement in order to try and found a new list known as theNational Resolution Trend.[6]
For the2013 governorate electionsthe White Bloc ran as part of theState of Law Coalition.[7][8]
Name
[edit]At its second 2nd Constitutional Conference the party voted to change its name from the White Iraqiya Bloc to theWhite Bloc.[3]
Members
[edit]Qutaibah al-Jabouri
Jamal al-Bateikh
Aliya Nassif
Kadhim al-Shummari
Aziz al-Mayyahi
Ahmed al-Oraibi
References
[edit]- ^ab"White Bloc | ابرز اخبار انتخابات مجالس المحافظات 2014".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-05-24.Retrieved2014-06-15.
- ^Hussein, Ahmed (August 28, 2012)."White bloc calls to host NASM next Summit in Baghdad".IraqiNews.com.Iraqi News.RetrievedAugust 28,2012.
- ^abWhite Iraqiya Bloc changes its name into “The White Bloc” - Iraqi News.com
- ^"Eight MPs withdraw from Iraqiya, form new party".Al Sumaria.March 8, 2011.
- ^"MPs defect from Ayad Allawi's Iraqiya List".Al Sumaria.March 18, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon January 13, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 12,2012.
- ^"New political trend to be formed, says MP".IraqiNews.com.August 11, 2012.
- ^As the Deadline for Forming Coalitions Expires, Maliki Creates Monster Sectarian Alliance for Iraq’s Local Elections in April 2013 - Gulf Analysis
- ^"Unknown"(PDF).[permanent dead link]
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| Minor political parties | |
| Reserved Christian seats (5) | |
| Reserved minority seats (3) |
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| Unrepresented in parliament | |
| Banned |
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