The Unity Alliance of Iraq ( Arabic: ائتلاف وحدة العراق ''I’itilaf Wehdat al-Iraq'') commonly known as Iraq's Unity, Iraqi Unity or Wassat is 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 the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

i political coalition formed to contest the

2010 Iraqi parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 7 March 2010. The elections decided the 325 members of the Council of Representatives who would elect the prime minister and president. The elections resulted in a partial victory for the Iraqi Nationa ...

. The coalition was formed by Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the head of the Awakening movement, a Sunni tribal militia which was successful in significantly reducing the

insurgency An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irr ...

al-Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

and was then reformed into a political party, the Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance, which won the most seats in the

2009 Al Anbar governorate election The Al Anbar Governorate election of 2009 was held on 31 January 2009 alongside elections for all other governorates outside Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk. Background The governorate is overwhelmingly populated by Sunni Arabs. The sitting govern ...

.Anti-Qaeda sheikhs vie for west Iraq in poll
'' International Herald Tribune'', 23 January 2009 The Awakening Alliance joined forces with Iraq's Shi'a interior minister

Jawad al-Bolani Jawad al-Bulani ( ar, جواد البولاني) (also spelled Al-Bolani; born in 1960) served as the Interior Minister of Iraq within the Council of Ministers under Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from 8 June 2006 to 21 December 2010. Bula ...

and his secular

Iraqi Constitutional Party The Iraqi Constitutional Party is a political party in Iraq that was founded by Jawad Bulani in June 2005. The party is considered to be moderate and non-sectarian based. The party performed well for a non-sect based party in the governorate elect ...

and

Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

, chief of Sunni Endowment Office. The list is led by Jawad al-Bolani.

2010 elections

During the 2010 elections the Iraq Unity List consisted of the following parties: * Iraqi Constitution Party – led by Jawad al-Bolani * Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance – led by Abu Risha * Charter Gathering – led by al-Samarrai * Republican Gathering – led by Saad al-Janabi *Independent candidates, including

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

politician

Nehru Kasnazani Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

, former minister of defence

Saadoun al-Dulaimi Saadoun al-Dulaimi ( ar, سعدون الدليمي ''Saʿadūn ad-Dulaimī'') (born 1954) is an Iraqi politician, the ex-minister of defence for two terms, ex-minister of culture, and a former MP for two consecutive terms. Early life and educat ...

and Anbar tribal leader

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