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After the fall of 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 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 25th of October a referendum were held in Iraq on the new Constitution which was accepted by 78% of 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 theses political occasions. Currently the prime minister of Iraq is a Shi'a Muslim. [[Ibrahim al-Ja'fari]], [[Nuri al-Maliki]] and [[Heydar al-Abbasi]] were Prime ministers also for some time. Today sixty percent of ministries of Iraq are administrated and managed by Shi'a representatives.