De-Ba'athification

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56 sections

Contents

Goal of policy
Formation
Drafting and planning phase
Architects of the policy
Precedents
100 Orders
Order No. 1
Order No. 2
Order No. 4
Order No. 5
Order Memorandum No. 7
Order No. 100
Implementation and enforcement
Order No. 1 Memorandum
Enforcement Methods
Delegation of Enforcement Powers
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA)
De-Ba'athification Council (IDC)
Criteria for punitive action
Impact
Affected occupations
Military
Public servants
Education
Political impact
Parties
Representation
Sunnis
Shi'a
Kurds
Elections and candidates
Beneficiaries
Politicians and Dissidents
Economic impact
Lost productivity
Lack of basic services
Government competency
Unemployment
Pensions
Social impact
Crime
Unrest
Sectarian relations
Security impact
Growth of insurgency
Repeal and transfer of authority
Transfer of authority from Coalition Provisional Authority to Iraqi Interim Government
Revised de-Ba'athification
Gradual process of reintegrating Ba'athists
Accountability and Justice Act (2008)
Criticism
Post-Assad era in Syria
See also
Notes
References
Further reading

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 entered into force on 16 May 2003. The order declared that all public sector employees affiliated with the Ba'ath Party were to be removed from their positions and to be banned from any future employment in the public sector.

The policy was highly controversial among many American academics, institutions, government, military, and international media and debate outlets. The policy under the CPA was officially rescinded on 28 June 2004 as part of the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government two days later. However, elements of the policy continued under the Iraqi Governing Council and later under the elected Iraqi Parliament.