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The Assembly first formed following the establishment of a [[constitutional monarchy]] in Iraq in [[1953]]. Elections were held based on [[universal manhood suffrage]] on [[January 17]], [[1953]]. Following controversy over the implementation of the so-called [[Baghdad Pact]] Prime Minister [[Nuri Pasha as-Said]] called elections the following year, in early [[1954]]. As-Said dissolved the assembly shortly thereafter and began to [[rule by decree]], but opposition forced him to hold a third election within three years. The second 1954 election was very corrupt, with as-Said's political enemies banned from running, and widespread voter coercion. The assembly was suspended yet again, and in [[1958]] a military [[coup]] deposed as-Said and the monarchy, and abolished the Assembly.

In [[1980]], Iraq's new military presidentdictator, Saddam Hussein, brought back the National Assembly. There were no elections, however, with all members being appointed from the ranks of Hussein's own [[Ba'ath Party]]. The new Assembly was largely a [[figurehead]] that would occasionally [[Rubberstamp (politics)|rubber stamp]] the president's decrees.

In [[2003]], Hussein was deposed by the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]] and their allies in the [[2003 Iraq War]]. In [[March]] [[2004]] a [[Iraqi Governing Council|governing council]] set up by the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] signed an [[Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period|interim constitution]] which called for the election of a transitional National Assembly no later than the end of [[January]] [[2005]]. This Assembly would draft a permanent [[constitution]] which would then be submitted to approval by the Iraqi people in a general [[referendum]].