Member State of the Arab League The Independent High Electoral Commission (Arabic: المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات, Kurdish: کۆمیسیۆنی باڵای سەربەخۆی ھەڵبژاردنەکان; IHEC) is Iraq's electoral commission.

The IHEC is currently headed by Judge Jalil Adnan Khalaf.

It was set up in May 2004 by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) as the Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) by CPA Order 92 as the exclusive electoral authority in Iraq to begin work towards holding an election in the country.

In 2007 the IECI was renamed the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in accordance with Law 11 (2007) of the Council of Representatives of Iraq (COR).

[1][2][3] It also set up the voting places in fourteen nations outside of Iraq.