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6 unusual facts about Coalition Provisional Authority


Bremer wall

The name is believed to have originated from L. Paul Bremer of the Coalition Provisional Authority, who was the Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the Iraq War of 2003 in the early years of the Iraq War.

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

In 2004 he was appointed by the council to serve as interim President of Iraq following the June 28 return of Iraqi sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Iraqi opposition

Post-independence: After the handover of authority from the Coalition Provisional Authority to Iraqi leaders, the Iraqi opposition are the minority political parties.

Sherri Kraham

In 2003, she served a year-long assignment in Iraq for the Coalition Provisional Authority as part of the first civilian team dedicated to reconstruction efforts.

In a 2004 interview with United States Institute of Peace, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST), Kraham said of her duties in Iraq that coordination between the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the military was very poor because they didn't speak the same language.

Zainab Bahrani

On May 25, 2004, Bahrani was appointed to work with the Coalition Provisional Authority as Senior Consultant for Culture.


Dale Stoffel

After alerting the Pentagon of corruption and payment irregularities involving U.S. personnel in the Coalition Provisional Authority and with the Iraqi government, he was killed in an ambush in Taji, Iraq.

Hazim al-Shaalan

al-Shaalan claimed that the Coalition Provisional Authority's interim administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, had signed off the appointment of Cattan, but Bremer claims he had never heard of Cattan.

Lawrence Anthony

Eventually L. Paul Bremer, then head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, supported the zoo and American engineers helped to reopen it.


see also

Robert Stein

Robert Stein, Jr., comptroller for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, convicted of fraud