State of Law Coalition

State of Law Coalition
إئتلاف دولة القانون
LeaderNouri al-Maliki
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
IdeologyPopulism[1]
Anti-secularism[2]
Statism[3][4]
Big tent
Political positionSyncretic[5][6]
ReligionShia Islam
National affiliationNational Iraqi Alliance[7]
International affiliationAxis of Resistance[8]
Colours  Red
Council of Representatives
38 / 329
Seats in the Governorate Councils
126 / 440
Governors
5 / 18

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 2009 Iraqi governorate elections 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 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election, but run in their own coalition: the State of Law Coalition.

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