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 - 28Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan - 15The Iraqis - 8Communist Party of Iraq - 1Iraqi Turkmen Front - 1National Rafidain List - 1Sunni Arab nominee - 1 (later expanded to 15)The original 55 members were:
Ahmed Al-SafiAbdel Hadi Al-HakimDr Ali Al-DabaghDr Hussein ‘Athab Th’banNouri Al-MalikiAli al-AdeebBeha’ Al-A’rejiDr Jeneen Al-QedouSami ‘Azaze Al-Ma’jounDr Aboud Al-‘IsawiDr Hamam HamoudiAkram Al-HakimJalal Al-Deen Al-SagheerDr Sa’ad QendeelSami Al-‘AskeriDr Jouad SmeisimDr Nadim al-Jabiri‘Abass Al-BayatiSheerouan Al-OuailiDr Khadheer Moussa Ja’fr Al-Khaza’iAli Al-SafiDr Muhsen Al-Qazwini‘Aqila Al-DehanZehra’ Al-HashemiAl-Tefat Abed Al-Sa’edMareem Al-RaesAman Al-‘AsdiNajehe Abed Al-EmirDr Fouad M’soumDr S’di BerzenjiFreedoun Abed Al-QaderDr Mundher Al-FadhlDr Hussein BalissaniAbed Al-Khaleq ZengenaSami Ahmed Ali ShebekNergez MajeedDara Nour Al-DeenAhmed Wahab MajeedDeendar ShafeeqHamid Majid MousaAdel NaserMouneera ‘AbdoulNouri BoutrosKamran Khairi Sa’idYonadam KannaRiadh KehiaAbed al-Rahmen al-Na’imiQasem DaudOua’el Abel Al-LatifAdnan Al-JanabiRasem Al-OuadiHussein Al-Sha’lanDr Radha Al-Khaza’iThamer Al-KhadhbanTaher Al-Baka’