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The Ministerial Program of the Government of Iraq
(2026–2029)
Ali Falih Kadhim Al-Zaidi
Prime Minister-Designate
Vision: A Stable State – A Productive Economy – Balanced Partnerships
Table of Contents
- Preamble
- Axis 1: Strengthening State Sovereignty and National Security
- Axis 2: Foreign Policy
- Axis 3: Economic and Financial Reform
- Axis 4: Energy
- Axis 5: Industry
- Axis 6: Agriculture and Water
- Axis 7: Governance, Institutional Reform, and Combating Corruption
- Axis 8: Education and Higher Education
- Axis 9: Health and Medical Services
- Axis 10: Social Protection Networks and Combating Poverty
- Axis 11: Communications and Information Technology
- Axis 12: Human Rights, Women, and Children
- Axis 13: Youth and Sports
- Axis 14: Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities
- Implementation Mechanisms
Prime Minister-Designate
Designate Prime Minister
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
"And when you have taken a decision, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him]."
— Allah, the Exalted, the Magnificent, has spoken the truth.
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Axis I: Enhancing State Sovereignty and National Security
-1 Confining the possession of arms exclusively to the State and enforcing the rule of law.
-2 Strengthening the capabilities of security, intelligence, and military agencies; extending full State control; and diversifying sources of armament.
-3 Developing the capabilities of Popular Mobilization Forces (Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi) personnel to enhance their combat effectiveness, while defining their responsibilities, duties, and role within the military and security apparatus in accordance with the law.
-4 Unifying security decision-making and integrating all resources and capabilities into the official State system.
-5 Combating terrorism and organized crime, and cutting off their sources of funding.
-6 Enhancing border security and upgrading surveillance systems using modern technologies.
-7 Upholding the principles of human rights and criminal justice, and supporting freedom of opinion and a free media.
Axis II: Foreign Policy
-1 Shielding Iraq from regional and international axes of conflict as a fundamental step toward safeguarding its internal stability, fostering a secure environment for economic growth, attracting investment, and promoting sustainable development; and adopting an active foreign policy based on managing international relations in a balanced manner.
-2 Strengthening relations with influential global powers, while striving to build distinctive relationships with Arab nations—particularly the Arab Gulf states and neighboring countries—based on mutual interests; and activating the economic and strategic agreements signed with sister and friendly nations. — in a manner that strengthens bilateral relations with those nations and serves Iraq’s interests, specifically by activating joint committees and supporting regional connectivity projects in the fields of energy, trade, and transport—including the "Development Road" initiative—and by working to identify rapid solutions for the completion of this vital project.
3. Adopting the principle that Iraq shall not serve as a transit route or a staging ground for aggression against other nations; conversely, other nations shall not be permitted to commit acts of aggression against Iraq or to interfere in its internal affairs, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
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4. Activating the Strategic Framework Agreement with the United States of America in a manner that safeguards mutual interests.
5. Enhancing the standing of the Iraqi passport to reflect the dignity and stature of the Iraqi citizen.
6. Strengthening Iraq’s position within international and regional forums.
7. Restricting international engagement exclusively to official diplomatic channels.
**Axis III: Economic and Financial Reform**
1. Building a diversified national economy capable of adapting to changing circumstances and mitigating the impact of external shocks.
2. Adopting programs for fiscal discipline and restructuring public expenditure; enhancing non-oil revenues; and digitizing revenue collection, in cooperation with—and with advice from—relevant international institutions.
3. Accelerating the reform of the state-owned banking sector to achieve maximum efficiency, in compliance with international banking standards—particularly regarding anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism, and ensuring the highest levels of financial compliance—and in alignment with the plans adopted by the Central Bank of Iraq for reforming the private banking sector, all within the framework of a comprehensive national vision.
4. Empowering the private sector and the business environment as fundamental drivers of growth and employment; and upholding the principle of competitiveness while preventing monopolies.
5. Reforming state-owned enterprises through the formation of partnerships with strategic investors, both domestic and international.
6. Bolstering confidence in the investment climate; stimulating domestic and foreign investment across all sectors; and fully operationalizing the "Single Window" regulatory procedures within the National Investment Commission and the provincial investment commissions.
-7 Providing the necessary security protection for foreign companies investing in Iraq, particularly major oil companies.
-8 Establishing a "Supreme Council for Financial and Monetary Stability in Iraq," tasked with coordinating between fiscal and monetary policies.
-9 Establishing a "Supreme Investment Council," tasked with restructuring the philosophy of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and stimulating domestic investment.
-10 Establishing a "Generations Fund" to safeguard the rights of future generations to oil and natural resources.
-11 Integrating and enhancing the role of the insurance sector within the national economy.
-12 Optimally expanding the investment in minerals and non-oil natural resources.
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Axis IV: Energy
First: Electricity
1. Comprehensive reform of the electricity sector across the production, transmission, and distribution segments; this entails reviewing the operational mechanisms of each segment, as well as the subsidies provided to this service, in terms of both expenditures and revenues, with the aim of achieving a benchmark cost per unit of electrical energy.
2. Reviewing investment projects within the production sector to ensure their maximum utilization in strengthening the electrical grid and meeting the growing demand for electricity. This includes securing the necessary types and quantities of conventional fuels for these projects, while simultaneously focusing on hybrid power generation—incorporating field-based renewable energy sources—to reduce emissions and lower production costs.
3. Achieving diversification and self-reliance in securing a continuous and sustainable energy supply, with a specific focus on developing domestic natural gas production in accordance with a defined timeline established in coordination with the Ministry of Oil. This effort is to be complemented by enhancing electrical interconnections and extending the natural gas pipeline network to neighboring countries.
4. Engaging the private sector in investing in the electricity distribution sector and transitioning toward a "Smart Grid" system. The objective is to rationalize consumption, minimize technical and non-technical losses, and maximize revenue collection for consumed energy, while simultaneously reviewing electricity tariffs to ensure consideration for vulnerable groups and individuals with limited incomes.
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Oil and Gas
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1. Establish strategic partnerships with international oil companies based on a model that ensures the realization of national interests.
2. Complete associated gas projects, increase their production, and raise the rate of flaring reduction to help meet domestic demand and minimize imports.
3. Strengthen infrastructure to increase and diversify export outlets by constructing and interconnecting pipeline networks, as well as by expanding, upgrading, and increasing the storage capacities of export terminals.
4. Work toward the enactment of the Oil and Gas Law.
5. Implement the "Law on Private Investment in Crude Oil Refining No. 64 of 2007" to increase refining capacity at oil refineries and boost the volume of refined petroleum product exports.
6. Maximize revenues through an integrated value chain by modernizing refineries and developing petrochemical industries.
7. Increase the rate of self-sufficiency in refined petroleum products and natural gas, reduce imports, and redirect the funds previously spent on imports toward generating revenues that support exports.
8. Complete the construction of fixed gas import and export terminals at the Grand Faw Port.
9. Develop manufacturing industries and integrate the oil and gas sectors into industrial value chains.
Fifth Pillar: Industry
1. Undertake legislative and regulatory reforms that contribute to restoring the economic role of the industrial sector and increasing its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
2. Focus on industrial diversification, secure the necessary infrastructure for industrial projects, reduce reliance on oil, and create new job opportunities that align with economic prosperity.
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3. Supporting strategic industries (food, pharmaceutical, and construction) and restarting stalled state-owned factories.
4. Streamlining administrative procedures and the issuance of licenses that impact the operations of local industrial projects.
5. Granting preferential incentives to export-oriented industries, labor-intensive projects utilizing local workforce, and environmentally friendly initiatives.
6. Activating the role of the Export Support Fund and the policy for protecting domestic products.
7. Combating product dumping and bolstering the competitiveness of domestic industry in a manner that contributes to its development.
8. Adopting a collaborative industrial partnership approach between public and private sector institutions, and developing industrial cities.
**Theme Six: Agriculture and Water**
1. Restoring the foundations of agricultural production—recognizing it as a vital economic sector and a key contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—by adopting modern mechanisms and methods for farming and irrigation, in accordance with a plan designed to ensure maximum food security.
2. Leveraging and harnessing Iraq’s economic and political relations with upstream riparian nations to maximize benefits for Iraq, and directing these relations toward developing the agricultural sector and achieving water security.
3. Prioritizing livestock production and providing the necessary conditions for its success, thereby enhancing food security in its broadest sense, reducing reliance on imports, and creating employment opportunities for the Iraqi workforce.
4. Encouraging both domestic and foreign investment within the agricultural sector.
5. Rationalizing water usage across all sectors through the application of modern techniques, and preventing wastage in applications that squander this resource. ...vital resources.
-6 Directing agricultural research institutions, universities, and specialized colleges toward the development of agricultural technologies capable of enhancing production efficiency and integrating supply chains related to agro-industries.
Axis VII: Governance, Institutional Reform, and Combating Corruption
-1 Strengthening the authority of the State and the independence of its institutions, and firmly establishing the principle of the rule of law and equality before it.
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2. Establishing a comprehensive national program for institutional reform and combating administrative and financial corruption, based on firm and clear legal and oversight mechanisms that ensure the accountability of all those implicated and the recovery of public rights, by adopting the principle of parallel financial investigations.
3. Adopting institutional governance in the management of ministries and public entities—through defining responsibilities, establishing procedural manuals and clear decision-making pathways, and implementing periodic monitoring and evaluation systems—in a manner that enhances citizen trust in the State and ensures equitable access to services and opportunities.
4. Strengthening the integrity and transparency framework by developing the capabilities and operational mechanisms of oversight bodies, thereby contributing to the reduction of financial corruption and ensuring the protection of public funds.
5. Enhancing the efficiency of government performance and reducing bureaucracy through the adoption of comprehensive digital transformation programs, and by activating standards for performance, institutional evaluation, quality, governance, risk management, and compliance.
6. Establishing a national digital ecosystem for data and information management, and integrating it into the decision-making process.
7. Empowering administrative and financial decentralization within a disciplined framework that enhances the efficiency of governorates in delivering services.
**Theme Eight: Education**
1. Elevating the standard of both public and private education to align with current transformations and the requirements of the labor market.
2. Continuing the school construction program funded through the Framework Agreement between Iraq and China.
3. Integrating skills development into the framework of vocational training, and establishing entrepreneurial projects, business incubators, and science cities.
4. Launching a national initiative to enhance the capabilities of teaching and academic staff. -5 Reducing the gap in the need for schools—particularly in remote areas—and adopting flexible, rapidly implementable mechanisms, such as digital learning environments.
-6 Launching intensive projects to support the education of students with special needs, covering all educational stages to ensure equitable inclusivity in education.
-7 Expanding—both horizontally and vertically—the range of modern academic disciplines offered at public and private universities.
-8 Supporting scholarship programs for critical disciplines, backing scientific research and its centers, and strengthening the role of independent research institutes.
-9 Launching a national literacy program.
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Axis Nine: Health and Medical Services
1. Improve the quality of primary healthcare services, make them accessible to all citizens, and ensure their equitable distribution and reach to remote areas, villages, and rural regions.
2. Expand the health insurance system to enhance medical and therapeutic services and ensure the availability of medicines.
3. Monitor and evaluate the experience of hospital management and operations, drawing upon global expertise.
4. Complete stalled hospital and health center projects.
5. Activate medical and health oversight and supervision programs for both public and private institutions.
6. Modernize and renovate government hospitals—specifically in terms of performance—to deliver substantive medical services, develop health technologies, and ensure the availability of medicines, thereby improving the quality of life.
7. Modernize the local pharmaceutical industry, specialized medical fields (particularly rare specialties), and research and development programs.
Axis Ten: Social Safety Nets and Poverty Alleviation
1. Update legislation governing the labor market to ensure both flexibility and protection simultaneously, thereby contributing to a reduction in unemployment rates.
2. Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the social safety net and its operational mechanisms to ensure optimal benefit for eligible recipients; furthermore, modernize the methodologies for targeted support to impoverished classes and social safety nets through food assistance, health insurance, employment, and training programs.
3. Facilitate a gradual transition from direct subsidies to economic empowerment by supporting entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and microfinance initiatives for impoverished and vulnerable populations.
4. Utilize the National Human Development Report and the results of the population census to elevate individual indicators regarding income levels, education, and health.
Axis XI: Telecommunications and Information Technology
1. Develop telecommunications infrastructure and establish interconnected government data centers to ensure the secure and efficient hosting of national systems, databases, and government applications.
2. Launch a national strategy for comprehensive digital transformation, in collaboration with specialized international institutions.
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3. Adopting digital identity and launching the National Data Governance Framework in Iraq, thereby ensuring the seamless exchange of data—facilitated by electronic signatures—and the digital automation of procedures and services, as part of the comprehensive digital transformation project.
4. Expanding the utilization of government cloud computing and adopting unified national standards for both government and private sector systems and applications.
5. Empowering national centers dedicated to "Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence," and enhancing their institutional and technical capabilities.
6. Launching the National Mobile Telephony Licensing Project in partnership with the Iraqi private sector.
7. Leveraging Iraq’s unique geopolitical location to serve as an international connectivity hub for global data traffic and a regional center for data exchange.
8. Strengthening the regulatory and oversight role of the Communications and Media Commission within the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, and regulating content on social media platforms to foster social stability.
**Theme XII: Human Rights, Women, and Children**
1. Strengthening the human rights framework in Iraq, grounded in the principles of respect for human dignity, guaranteed equality, non-discrimination, and the empowerment of women—recognizing them as active and essential partners in development and decision-making—in alignment with the Iraqi Constitution, international conventions, and societal values.
2. Eliminating all forms of violence and discrimination against women and children through the rule of law and accountability for violations; enacting legislation to combat domestic violence; and fostering a culture of human rights within state institutions and society at large.
3. Developing leadership training programs for women engaged in government and political work. 4. Strengthening the role of local and international civil society organizations in the fields of human rights and the protection of women and children; and establishing an independent body for civil society affairs, tasked with formulating a long-term plan to support their activities, empower them, and evaluate their social role.
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Theme 13: Youth and Sports
-1 Enhancing the state of sports and elevating Iraq’s image across all international sporting arenas, while providing the necessary support to all national teams through the National Olympic Committee of Iraq and the various sports federations.
-2 Assisting in the design of funding models for sports clubs to enable them to cover their operational activities and ensure their long-term sustainability through their own internal resources.
-3 Supporting youth initiatives and establishing vocational skills centers to empower young people with the competencies required to meet the demands of the labor market.
-4 Fostering institutional empowerment and strengthening the role of youth in decision-making processes through digital platforms and youth councils.
-5 Revitalizing the role of youth forums by organizing activities and events designed to enhance and develop their potential across all fields, with a particular focus on initiatives that reinforce national identity and the spirit of belonging.
Theme 14: Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities
-1 Reinforcing Iraq’s civilizational and cultural standing as a nation with deep historical roots within the broader history of humanity.
-2 Reviving Iraq’s cultural heritage and civilizational symbols through all local and international events—thereby restoring the active presence of this heritage among the nations of the world—and working toward the repatriation of stolen antiquities.
-3 Developing existing Iraqi museums and establishing new ones—both traditional and virtual—to house Iraqi antiquities and showcase them to visitors.
-4 Prioritizing the development of Iraq’s tourism sector, transforming it into a significant source of national revenue, while simultaneously leveraging its role in highlighting national identity as the primary gateway for discovering Iraq’s rich civilizational heritage. -5 Developing cultural projects, highlighting national identity, and adopting the concept of "cultural security"—leveraging, in this regard, the role of culture within Iraqi society as the embodiment of Iraq’s civilizational depth.
-6 Prioritizing the preservation and development of heritage sites, as well as cultural and historical centers.
-7 Collaborating with unions, federations, and associations concerned with cultural and heritage affairs, and empowering them to sustain their cultural and creative activities that serve to reinforce the spirit of Iraqi culture.
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**I. Framework for Curriculum Implementation**
1. The Ministerial Curriculum stems from a comprehensive, overarching vision of the Government—constituting a national commitment and pledge made before the Honorable Council of Representatives—to exert every effort to implement it in a spirit of discipline and responsibility, and through the concerted efforts and unified resolve of the various political forces. 2. Pursuant to the provisions of Article (1/38) of the Council of Ministers’ Rules of Procedure No. (2) of 2019:
In order to organize, facilitate the implementation of, and monitor the Ministerial Program, the Government—upon receiving the vote of confidence—shall formulate a detailed governmental program based on said Ministerial Program. This detailed program shall encompass all ministries, independent bodies, entities not affiliated with a specific ministry, the Kurdistan Region, and the governorates not incorporated into a region, in accordance with a comprehensive, inclusive, and integrated national matrix comprising: priorities, objectives, programs and initiatives, procedures, performance indicators, timelines, costs, funding sources, responsibilities, and supporting entities.
3. The Federal Government shall possess full authority to amend the priorities of both the Ministerial Program and the detailed governmental program in accordance with the exigencies of the supreme national interest and under circumstances of extreme necessity (including security imperatives, financial exigencies, and *force majeure*).
4. All ministries, independent bodies, the Kurdistan Region, and the governorates not incorporated into a region are committed to achieving the objectives, tasks, and responsibilities incumbent upon them, in strict compliance with applicable legislation, national priorities, and established national parameters.
5. The implementation of the Ministerial Program—across all its thematic axes—is contingent upon and inextricably linked to the allocation of the necessary financial resources for its execution within the framework of the General State Budget.
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