Legislative Council of the Autonomous Kurdistan Region

[1] This regional assembly had limited powers to legislate on issues relating to health, education, labour and social, cultural and economic development.

[3][4][5] The KDP opposed this move, and argued that the launch of the Legislative Council should have been postponed until a census of the Kurdish populations in the disputed areas of Kirkuk, Sinjar and Khanaqin would be held.

[11][14][13] Babakr Mahmud al-Rasul [ar], a conservative chieftain, served as the Legislative Council speaker for the first period.

[11][15][13] Ihsan Haibatullah Al-Mufti was the deputy speaker and Ismail Rasul Ahmed the secretary of the Legislative Council.

[13] At night Peshmerga forces shot mortar shells at the Hawraman Hotel, where Legislative Council members and journalists covering the event where staying.

[25] Compared with the previous elections the Baghdad authorities had a much more strict scrutiny of the pre-selection of candidates, in the context of the ongoing war with Iran.

[23] The newly elected assembly had several tribal leaders with front-line experiences as commanders of the National Defense Forces.

[23] President Saddam Hussein attended the inaugural session of the newly elected Legislative Council in person.

[23] In his speech he affirmed commitment to Kurdish autonomy and stated that Erbil would be designated as the summer capital of Iraq.

[27] Following the 1991 Gulf War, after which the Iraqi government lost control over the Kurdistan Region, the Legislative Council was based in Baghdad.