The State of Law Coalition (Arabic: إئتلاف دولة القانون I'tilāf Dawlat al-Qānūn) also known as Rule of Law Coalition is an Iraqi political coalition formed for the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 by the Prime Minister of Iraq at the time, Nouri al-Maliki, of the Islamic Dawa Party.
The name was an emphasis on the improved security situation which Maliki's government had achieved through the Battle of Basra and other operations of the Iraqi Security Forces.
Due to disagreements with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and the Sadrists, the Dawa Party decided not to join the Iraqi National Alliance for the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010, but run in their own coalition: the State of Law Coalition.
In the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 the State of Law Coalition was composed of several political blocs:
Islamic Da'awa Party - led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-MalikiIslamic Da'awa Party - Iraq Organisation - led by Hashim Al-MosawyIndependent Bloc - led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-ShahristaniSolidarity Bloc - led by former minister of state and Iraqi MP Qassim DaoudIslamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman - led by Iraqi MP Abbas al-BayatiKurdish Feli Fraternity MovementShaabani Uprising Bloc 1991Independents, there were also numerous independent candidates in the list.The State of Law Coalition came out as the largest list receiving 19.1% of the vote and 126 out of 440 seats.
In the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 the following parties were part of the State of Law Coalition:
Islamic Da'awa Party - led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-MalikiIslamic Da'awa Party – Iraq Organisation - led by Hashim Al-MosawyAnbar Salvation N ational Front - led by Sheikh Ali Hatem al-SuleimanIndependent Arab Movement - led by former Deputy Prime Minister Abid Mutlak al-JubouriUnited Independent Iraqi Bloc - led by Thaer al-FeyliIndependent Iraqi Kafaat Gathering - led by government spokesman Ali al-DabbaghThe Gathering—Al-Tajamo - led by former Iraqi National List members Mahdi al-Hafez and Safiyah SuheilIslamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman - led by Abbas al-Bayati"The Independents" led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-ShahristaniIndependents, there were again numerous independent candidates in the list initially including defence minister Qadir al-Obeidi but he was banned from joining due to Ba'ath party links.In the Iraqi governorate elections, 2013 the State of Law Coalition was composed of several political blocs:
Islamic Da'awa Party - led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-MalikiIslamic Da'awa Party - Iraq OrganisationIndependent Bloc - led by Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-ShahristaniBadr Organization - led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Hadi Al-AmiriNational Reform Trend - led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-JaafariIslamic Virtue Party - led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Abd al-Rahim al-HasiniSolidarity Bloc - led by former minister of state and Iraqi MP Qassim DaoudIslamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman - led by Iraqi MP Abbas al-BayatiWhite Iraqiya Bloc - led by Hassan AlawiKurdish Feli Fraternity MovementShaabani Uprising Bloc 1991Independents, there were also numerous independent candidates in the list.