Coalition Provisional Authority

American diplomat

2003–2004 transitional government of Iraq

United States Army general and United States Marine

2003–2004 provisional government of Iraq

United Nations Security Council resolution

thumb|250x250px|One of the earliest manifestations of de-Ba'athification in Iraq was the destruction of imagery associated with Saddam Hussein '''De-Ba'athification (; sometimes called de-Saddamization''') refers to a policy undertaken in Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and subsequent Iraqi governments to remove the Iraqi Ba'ath Party's influence in the new Iraqi political system after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. It was considered by the CPA to be Ba'athist Iraq's equivalent to Nazi Germany's denazification after World War II. It was first outlined in CPA Order 1 which ent