The members of the Iraqi Constitution Drafting Committee were appointed by the Iraqi Transitional Government on 12 May 2005 to draft a new constitution for Iraq. The breakdown of members by political affiliation was: United Iraqi Alliance - 28 Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan - 15 The Iraqis - 8 Communist Party of Iraq - 1 Iraqi Turkmen Front - 1 National Rafidain List - 1 Sunni Arab nominee - 1 (later expanded to 15) The original 55 members were: Ahmed Al-Safi Abdel Hadi Al-Hakim Dr Ali Al-Dabagh Dr Hussein ‘Athab Th’ban Nouri Al-Maliki Ali al-Adeeb Beha’ Al-A’reji Dr Jeneen Al-Qedou Sami ‘Azaze Al-Ma’joun Dr Aboud Al-‘Isawi Dr Hamam Hamoudi Akram Al-Hakim Jalal Al-Deen Al-Sagheer Dr Sa’ad Qendeel Sami Al-‘Askeri Dr Jouad Smeisim Dr Nadim al-Jabiri ‘Abass Al-Bayati Sheerouan Al-Ouaili Dr Khadheer Moussa Ja’fr Al-Khaza’i Ali Al-Safi Dr Muhsen Al-Qazwini ‘Aqila Al-Dehan Zehra’ Al-Hashemi Al-Tefat Abed Al-Sa’ed Mareem Al-Raes Aman Al-‘Asdi Najehe Abed Al-Emir Dr Fouad M’soum Dr S’di Berzenji Freedoun Abed Al-Qader Dr Mundher Al-Fadhl Dr Hussein Balissani Abed Al-Khaleq Zengena Sami Ahmed Ali Shebek Nergez Majeed Dara Nour Al-Deen Ahmed Wahab Majeed Deendar Shafeeq Hamid Majid Mousa Adel Naser Mouneera ‘Abdoul Nouri Boutros Kamran Khairi Sa’id Yonadam Kanna Riadh Kehia Abed al-Rahmen al-Na’imi Qasem Daud Oua’el Abel Al-Latif Adnan Al-Janabi Rasem Al-Ouadi Hussein Al-Sha’lan Dr Radha Al-Khaza’i Thamer Al-Khadhban Taher Al-Baka’ Sources Constitution of Iraq