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.

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, which Mutlaq rejected due to it granting federalism and autonomy to different regions, and also because it did not emphasise Iraq's Arab identity.^[1]

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.

References

Political parties in Iraq
National Iraqi Alliance (155)	State of Law Coalition (92) Islamic Dawa Party Sadrists (34) Al-Ahrar Bloc (28) Elite Movement (3) National Partnership Gathering (3) Al-Muwatin (29) Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (29) Al-Mehraab Martyr List Iraqi National Congress Tayyar Bada'ni
Others	Kurdistan Democratic Party (25) Muttahidoon (23) Al-Wataniya (21) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (21) Al-Arabiya Coalition (10) Movement for Change (9) Islamic Virtue Party (6) National Reform Trend (6) Diyala is Our Identity (5) Iraq Alliance (5) Iraqi Turkmen Front (5) Kurdistan Islamic Union (4) Kurdistan Islamic Group (3) Nineveh National Alliance (3) Civil Democratic Alliance (3) Loyalty to Al-Anbar (3) Iraqi Loyalty Alliance (2) Competences and People Gathering (2) Unity of the Iraqis (2)
Single seat groups	National Alliance of Saladin National Coalition in Saladin Independent Civil Alternative Coalition Dignity Alliance Al-Sadiqoun Bloc The Equitable State Movement Ad Dawa Iraq Organization Solidarity in Iraq Alliance Salvation Alliance Arab Kirkuk Alliance
Reserved Christian seats	National Rafidain List (Assyrian Democratic Movement) (2) Chaldean Syriac Assyrian Popular Council (2) Democratic Uruk List (Iraqi Communist Party) (1)
Reserved minority seats	Hareth Shanshal Sunaid (1) [Mandaean seat] Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress (1) [Yazidi seat] Council of Free Shabaks (1) [Shabak seat]
Banned	Hizb ut-Tahrir Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Iraq pan-Arab organization al-Awda
Unrepresented	Badr Organization
Politics of Iraq