<P> The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq 's head of government . The Prime Minister was originally an appointed office , subsidiary to the head of state , and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament . Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country 's active executive authority . Nouri al - Maliki ( formerly Jawad al - Maliki ) was selected to be Prime Minister on 21 April 2006 . On 14 August 2014 al - Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al - Abadi to take his place . </P>
<P> The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq 's head of government . The Prime Minister was originally an appointed office , subsidiary to the head of state , and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament . Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country 's active executive authority . Nouri al - Maliki ( formerly Jawad al - Maliki ) was selected to be Prime Minister on 21 April 2006 . On 14 August 2014 al - Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al - Abadi to take his place . </P>
who is the current prime minister of iraq
who is the current prime minister of iraq
Haider al - Abadi
Haider al - Abadi