The United Popular Front ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية المتحدة, ''al-Jabha al-Sha'biya al-Mutahida'') was an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i political party. The party was founded in April 1951. The party's first president was the former prime minister

Taha al-Hashimi Taha al-Hashimi (Arabic: طه الهاشمي ;1961–1888) served briefly as prime minister of Iraq for two months, from February 1, 1941, to April 1, 1941. He was appointed prime minister by the regent, 'Abd al-Ilah, following the first ouster o ...

, who was later succeeded in this position by

Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi Sheikh Mohammed Ridha Al-Shabibi ( ar, الشيخ محمد رضا الشبيبي; 1889 – 1965) was an Iraqi national figure, statesman, poet and educator. A member of the prominent Al-Shabibi family of Najaf he studied religion and literatur ...

, who had been vice president of the party under Hashimi. Other prominent members included

Muzahim al-Pachachi Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi ( ar, مزاحم الباجه جي; 22 September 189123 September 1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Born to a prominent family and graduated from the B ...

Nasrat al-Farisi Nusrat or Nusret or Nasrat ( ar, نصرت ) is a unisex given name, meaning "victory" in Arabic. It may refer to: Men Nasrat * Hiztullah Yar Nasrat, Afghan detainee in Guantanamo *Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (died 1532), sultan of Bengal *Nasrat Al J ...

, and Abdul al-Razzaq al-Dhahir. Although the party had officially instructed its members not to stand in the 1953 election, party members went on to win 11 seats in the election. Several of these members went on to serve in the first cabinet of Prime Minister

Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali ( ar, محمد فاضل الجمالي) (April 20, 1903 – May 24, 1997) was an Iraqi politician, Iraqi foreign minister, and prime minister of Iraq from 1953 to 1954. In 1945, al-Jamali, as Iraqi Minister of Forei ...

. The party would go on to lose all but one of its seats in the June 1954 election, although would gain another seat in the September 1954 election. The party was dissolved on 22 September 1954, ten days after the September election, alongside the Iraqi Independence Party, and the Socialist Nation Party following the implementation of a new law governing legal societies. The parties were claimed by the government to have been encouraging people to rebel against the government, and had been putting party interests over national interests.The Palm Beach Post - Sep 23, 1954
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