an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament.

[4][5] On 14 August 2014, al-Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al-Abadi to take his place.

Though not official, the appointment to the post has needed at least tacit approval from both the United States and Iran in recent times due to the influence of those countries on Iraqi politics.

As of 30 June 2009, there had been legislation in progress for a year to make the Iraqi CTB a separate ministry.

[10] The prime minister's office is located in the Al Zaqura Building in the Green Zone, Baghdad.