Constitutional Union Party (Iraq)

The Constitutional Union Party (Arabic: حزب الاتحاد الدستوري) was an Iraqi political party that was founded by Nuri al-Said in 1949. The party included politicians from different ethnicities and religions, it was based in Baghdad with its headquarter located at al-Rashid Street. The party held it first conference on 23 December 1949, the conference elected members for the party's Higher Commission, and Nuri Pasha as a chairman.^[1][2]

Constitutional Union Party حزب الاتحاد الدستوري
Leader	Nuri Al-Said
Founded	1949
Dissolved	1954
Preceded by	The Convenant Party
Headquarters	Baghdad
Ideology	Anti-communism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism
Political position	Centre-right
Politics of Iraq Political parties Elections

Biography

The main leaders of the party: Nuri al-Said (top left), Abd al-Wahab Murjan (top right), Khalil Kanna (bottom left), Shaker al-Wadi (bottom middle), and Jamil Abd al-Wahab (bottom right)

The Higher Commission elected members of the Central Committee, 15 members were elected including: Nuri al-Said, Abd al-Wahab Murjan, Shaker al-Wadi, Muhammad Ali Mahmoud, Mohammed Hassan Kubba, Jamil Abd al-Wahab, Abd al-Qadir Bash A'ayan, Jamil al-Orfali, Abd al-Majeed Abbas, Azzedine Mulla, Sa'ad Omar, Ahmed Al-Amir, Rasheed Al-Chalabi, Dia'a Ja'far and Khalil Kenah. The Central Committee elected Abd al-Wahab Murjan as vice president, Khalil Kenna as First Secretary, Ahmad al-Amer as Second Secretary, Jamil al-Urfa as Accountant and Mohammed Hassan Kabbah as Treasurer.^[1][2]

The party aimed to restrict crown prince Abd al-Ilah interventions in Iraqi politics, support Nuri Pasha in government formation, and resist left-wing parties.^[1][2]