1/30/2005

In Iraq, after the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) disbanded on June 28, 2004, “the IIG [Iraqi Interim Government] governed Iraq until elections were held on January 30, 2005; thereafter, the Iraqi Transitional Government assumed authority.”

 – U.S. Dept. of State web information, Profile: Republic of Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State, May 2, 2011