Iraqi Parliament Approves Committee Amendments and Key Appointments

Iraqi parliament's media office

The Iraqi Parliament's session.

The Iraqi Parliament convened its tenth session of the sixth electoral term, within the first legislative year and first legislative chapter, on Tuesday, 17 February 2026. The session was chaired by Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi.

According to a statement issued by Parliament’s Media Office, members voted at the outset to approve amendments to the internal regulations concerning the standing parliamentary committees. The number of committees has now been set at 22.

The amendments include the creation of a new Committee on Border Crossings and the Protection of National Products, as well as revisions to articles governing the organisation and functioning of the committees.

During the same session, MPs voted to confirm Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah as Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army and Ammar Musa Kadhim as Mayor of Baghdad. The appointments were added to the agenda following a request by a member of parliament and subsequently approved by vote.

Parliament also decided that future sittings during the holy month of Ramadan will commence at 9:00 p.m.

The session was adjourned following the votes.

Standing Parliamentary Committees

Following the amendments, the standing committees are as follows:

1. Legal Committee
2. Finance Committee
3. Security and Defence Committee
4. Integrity Committee
5. Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee
6. Foreign Relations Committee
7. Services and Reconstruction Committee
8. Electricity and Energy Committee
9. Economy, Industry and Trade Committee
10. Investment and Development Committee
11. Health and Combating Psychotropic Substances Committee
12. Regions, Non-Regional Governorates, Planning, Government Programme and Endowments Committee
13. Transport, Communications and Governance Committee
14. Culture, Media, Tourism and Antiquities Committee
15. Education Committee
16. Higher Education Committee
17. Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment Committee
18. Labour, Civil Society Organisations, Federal Public Service, Youth and Sports Committee
19. Migration, Displacement, Community Reconciliation and Tribal Affairs Committee
20. Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners Committee
21. Human Rights, Women, Family and Childhood Committee
22. Border Crossings and National Product Protection Committee



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