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The autonomy of the Kurdistan regional government is located in the north of the country, which is neighboring Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the east. It includes 5 million people. Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament includes 100 members, a prime minister and a cabinet. 17 percent of the total budget of Iraq is allocated to Kurdistan regional government. They speak Kurdish and their official flag is different from the flag of Iraq. [[Erbil]] is the capital of this autonomy region. Also Sulaymaniyah is a notable city there. The [[Day of 'Ashura]] in [[Muharram]] is an official holiday in Kurdistan.

After the fall of the Ba'ath government, Shi'a Muslims and Kurds found a chance to get involved in political activities in their country. Iraq conducted nationwide parliamentary elections in 2005. Shi'a Muslims' representatives managed to achieve140 chairs out of total of 257 chairs of the parliament. Ibrahim al-Ja'fari became the head of the government. In 2005 fifty members including 28 Shi'a Muslims became responsible to draw up the new Constitution of Iraq. Later Sunni representatives also were added to them, which made them a 75 member group. On the 25th of October, a referendum was held in Iraq on the new Constitution which was accepted by 78% of the Iraqi people. [[Al-Sayyid Ali al-Sistani]] and later the leaders of [[Islamic Da'wa party]] and [[Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq]] were leaders of Shi'a Muslims throughout these political occasions. Currently, the prime minister of Iraq is a Shi'a Muslim. [[Ibrahim al-Ja'fari]], [[Nouri al-Maliki]] and [[Haider al-Abadi]] were Prime ministers also for some time. Today sixty percent of ministries of Iraq are administrated and managed by Shi'a representatives.