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National Reform Trend (Islah) تيار الإصلاح الوطني | |
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| Leader | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Founder | Ibrahim al-Jaafari |
| Founded | May 2008 |
| Headquarters | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Ideology | Islamism |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq: | 0 / 329 |
| Seats in the local governorate councils: | 0 / 440 |
The National Reform Trend, also known as the National Reform Movement or as Islah (Arabic: تيار الإصلاح الوطني), is an Iraqi political party that was founded in 2008 by former Iraqi prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari.[1] It is a Shiite-Islamic-based party.
Jaafari was the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party when he was elected Prime Minister. Following the December 2005 Iraqi legislative election, his reelection as Prime Minister was blocked by Kurdish and Sunni Arab coalition partners. Nouri al-Maliki, also from the Islamic Dawa Party, was elected as a compromise candidate in his place, and Maliki replaced Jaafari as party secretary general in May 2007.[2]
- ^ Ex-Premier Is Expelled From Governing Party in Iraq, The New York Times, June 8, 2008
- ^ Sawt al-Iraq, writing in Arabic, Informed Comment, May 14, 2007