Government (Iraq 2. usage)
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     Leaders:
      Chief of State:
       President SADDAM Husayn (since 16 July 1979); Vice President Taha Muhyi
       al-Din MA'RUF (since 21 April 1974); Vice President Taha Yasin RAMADAN
       (since 23 March 1991)
      Head of Government:
       Prime Minister Muhammad Hamza al-ZUBAYDI (since 13 September 1991); Deputy
       Prime Minister Tariq 'AZIZ (since NA 1979)
     Member of:
       ABEDA, ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
       ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
       ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
       WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation in US:
      chief of mission:
       Iraq has an Interest Section in the Algerian embassy in Washington, DC
      chancery:
       Iraqi Interests Section, 1801 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
      telephone:
       (202) 483-7500
      FAX:
       (202) 462-5066
     US diplomatic representation:
      chief of mission:
       (vacant); note - operations have been temporarily suspended; a US Interests
       Section is located in Poland's embassy in Baghdad
      embassy:
       Masbah Quarter (opposite the Foreign Ministry Club), Baghdad
      mailing address:
       P. O. Box 2447 Alwiyah, Baghdad
      telephone:
       [964] (1) 719-6138 or 719-6139, 718-1840, 719-3791
     Flag:
       three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with three green
       five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; the
       phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green Arabic script - Allahu to the
       right of the middle star and Akbar to the left of the middle star - was
       added in January 1991 during the Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of
       Syria that has two stars but no script and the flag of Yemen that has a
       plain white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt that has a symbolic
       eagle centered in the white band