Iraqi National Dialogue Front

The Iraqi Front for National Dialogue (Arabic: الجبهة العراقية للحوار الوطني al-Jabha al-Iraqia li al-Hiwar al-Watani) also known as Hiwar is a Sunni Arab-led Iraqi political party. It is currently part of the secular Iraqiyya coalition.

Originally formed to contest the December 2005 elections, it described itself as a non-sectarian coalition that wants to end the presence of foreign troops and to rebuild government institutions.

The main components were initially:

  • The Iraqi National Front, led by former Minister of State Saleh al-Mutlaq, who was the chief Sunni Arab negotiator for the constitution
  • The National Front for a Free and United Iraq of Hassan Zaydan
  • The Iraqi Christian Democratic Party of Minas al-Yusufi
  • The Democratic Arab Front of Farhan al-Sudayd
  • The Sons of Iraq Movement of Ali al-Suhayri

The coalition included Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Yezidis and Shabaks.

The Front is distinct from the Iraqi National Dialogue Council, headed by Khalaf al-Ulayyan, which is a component of the Iraqi Accord Front.

Mutlaq campaigned against the constitution in the October 2005 referendum, and refused to join the other main Sunni Arab-led list, Iraqi Accord Front because that group's largest component, the Iraqi Islamic Party, had backed the new constitution.

The Front performed relatively well in the December 2005 election, winning 11 seats, but complained of widespread electoral fraud and called for a re-run of the poll.

Prior to the 2010 Iraqi Elections it joined the secular Iraqiyya coalition and was allocated 16 out of their 91 seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq, becoming the biggest individual party with a Sunni Arab majority.

Political parties in Iraq
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National Iraqi Alliance (159)
  • Islamic Dawa Party
  • Iraq Organisation
  • Anbar Salvation National Front
  • Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman
  • Sadrist Movement (39)
  • Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (12)
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  • Islamic Virtue Party (6)
  • National Reform Trend (2)
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  • Gathering of Justice and Unity (1)
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  • Tribes of Iraq Coalition
  • Constitutional Monarchy Movement
Iraqi National Movement (83)
  • Iraqi National Accord (28)
  • Iraqi National Dialogue Front (16)
  • National Movement for Development and Reform (13)
  • al-Hadba (9)
  • National Future Gathering (8)
  • Renewal List (7)
  • The Iraqis (6)
  • Iraqi Turkmen Front (3)
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  • Kurdistan Democratic Party (26)
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Others
  • Movement for Change (8)
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  • Iraqi Accord Front (6)
  • Kurdistan Islamic Union (4)
  • Assyrian Democratic Movement (3)
  • Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council (2)
  • Islamic Group of Kurdistan (2)
  • National Front for the Salvation of Iraq
  • People's Union
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  • Hizb ut-Tahrir
  • Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
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