Coalition Provisional Authority
Republic of Iraq جمهورية العراق Jumhūriyyat al-ʽIrāq | |||||||||
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| 2003–2004 | |||||||||
| Motto: "Security, Liberty, Equality, Justice" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Mawtini (English: "My Homeland") | |||||||||
The CPA exercised its influence over Iraq. | |||||||||
| Status | Transitional government under international military occupation | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Baghdad | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic Kurdish | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
• American Administrator | Jay Garner (2003) Paul Bremer (2003–2004) | ||||||||
| Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (2003, 2004) Ibrahim al-Jaafari (2003) Ahmed Chalabi (2003) Iyad Allawi (2003) Jalal Talabani (2003) Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (2003) Adnan Pachachi (2004) Mohsen Abdel Hamid (2004) Massoud Barzani (2004) Ezzedine Salim (2004) Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004) | |||||||||
| Legislature | Iraqi Governing Council | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iraq War | ||||||||
| 21 April 2003 | |||||||||
• CPA established | 16 May 2003 | ||||||||
| 23 October 2003 | |||||||||
| 28 June 2004 | |||||||||
| Currency | Iraqi dinar | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | IQ | ||||||||
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Seal of the CPA | |
| Abbreviation | CPA |
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| Predecessor | Revolutionary Command Council of Ba'athist Iraq |
| Successor | Iraqi Interim Government of Iraq |
| Formation | 16 May 2003 |
| Type | Provisional authority |
| Purpose | Deliberative assembly deliberative democracy |
| Headquarters | Baghdad |
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Official language | Arabic Kurdish |
American Administrator | Jay Garner (2003) Paul Bremer (2003–2004) |
American Deputy Administrator | Richard Jones |
| Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (2003, 2004) Ibrahim al-Jaafari (2003) Ahmed Chalabi (2003) Iyad Allawi (2003) Jalal Talabani (2003) Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (2003) Adnan Pachachi (2004) Mohsen Abdel Hamid (2004) Massoud Barzani (2004) Ezzedine Salim (2004) Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (2004) | |
The Coalition Provisional Authority (Arabic: سلطة الائتلاف المؤقتة, romanized: Sultat Alaitilaf Almuaqata; Kurdish: دەسەڵاتی کاتی هاوپەیمانی, romanized: Desteya Demkî ya Hevbendiyê, abbr. CPA) was a transitional government of Iraq established following the invasion of the country on 19 March 2003 by U.S.-led Coalition forces. The invasion marked the fall of the Ba'athist regime led by Saddam Hussein.
Citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) and the laws of war, the CPA was established in May 2003 and vested itself with executive, legislative, and judiciary authority over the Iraqi government from the period of the CPA's inception on 21 April 2003 until its dissolution on 28 June 2004.
The CPA was admonished for its mismanagement of funds allocated to the reconstruction of post-invasion Iraq, with over $8 billion of these unaccounted for, including over $1.6 billion in cash that emerged in a basement in Lebanon.