Council Members
- Samir Shakir Mahmoud
- Sondul Chapouk
- Ahmed Chalabi (p)
- Naseer al-Chaderchi
- Adnan Pachachi (p)
- Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (p)
- Massoud Barzani (p)
- Jalal Talabani (p)- first and current President of Iraq
- Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (p)
- Ahmed al-Barak
- Ibrahim al-Jaafari (p)- served as second interim Prime Minister of Iraq
- Raja Habib al-Khuzaai
- Aquila al-Hashimi (died following assassination attack on September 25, 2003); replaced by Salama al-Khufaji on December 8
- Younadem Kana
- Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
- Mahmoud Othman
- Hamid Majid Mousa
- Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (p) - Final council president, served as interim President of Iraq
- Ezzedine Salim (p) (died in car bomb on May 17, 2004)
- Mohsen Abdel Hamid (p)
- Iyad Allawi (p) - served as first interim Prime Minister of Iraq
- Wael Abdul Latif
- Mowaffak al-Rubaie
- Dara Noor Alzin
- Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
The presidency of Iraq rotated monthly among nine members of the council. A (p) marks those members above. (See President of Iraq.)
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