History of Iraq

Question 1

Which authority ruled Iraq after the Bath regime?

Answer 1

The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA; Arabic: سلطة الائتلاف المؤقتة‎) was established as a transitional government of Iraq following the invasion of the country on 19 March 2003 by the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Poland, forming the Multinational Force (or ‘the coalition’) aiming to oust the government of Saddam Hussein.

Question 2

What was the UN position of the coalition?

Answer 2

Citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003), and the laws of war, the CPA vested itself with executive, legislative, and judicial authority over the Iraqi government from the period of the CPA’s inception on 21 April 2003, until its dissolution on 28 June 2004.