Al-Ahrar Bloc

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Al-Ahrar Bloc كتلة الأحرار
Leader	Dia al-Asadi (Political leader) Muqtada al-Sadr (Spiritual leader) until 2016.
Headquarters	Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq
Ideology	Reformism Populism Islamism
Religion	Shia Islam
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq	0 / 329
Seats in the Governorate Councils:	0 / 440
Governors:	0 / 18
Politics of Iraq Political parties Elections

The Al-Ahrar Bloc (

The mainly Shia movement having the support of religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr strongly opposed a third term form Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shia himself, in forming an Iraqi government and said it would not partake in a government by the latter whose State of Law Coalition had won the biggest number of seats in the new parliament. Al-Ahrar states prominently in its party platform that it wants to fight corruption which it says is rampant in al-Maliki-run government.

History

The coalition is considered a Sadrist Movement, despite the announcement of its leader Muqtada al-Sadr of withdrawing from political life.

In the 2009 Governorate Elections, the Sadrist Movement had taken part under the name

During the 2010 Parliamentary Elections, the Sadrist Movement was part of the National Iraqi Alliance.

In 2014 Iraqi parliamentary elections, The Sadrists formed Al Ahrar Bloc, their own political coalition for the elections. Headed by Dia al-Asadi, it strongly opposed a third term for Prime Minister al-Maliki and his large grouping State of Law Coalition.

2014 parliamentary elections

Al-Ahrar Bloc has won 34 seats in the 2014 Iraqi Parliament, making it the second political grouping in the Iraqi parliament. The seats are divided as follows:

• ) includes: Other allied forces - 6 seats

2018 parliamentary elections

In preparation for the

• Sadrist Movement
• Independent Free Movement List

References

External links

• Al-Ahrar Bloc official website