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{{Infobox political party
|country = Iraq
| name = National Reform Trend (Islah)
|native_name = تيار الإصلاح الوطني
|colorcode = {{party color|National Reform Trend}}
|logo = National Reform Trend logo.svg
|logo_size = 150px
|leader = [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]]
|foundation = May 2008
|founder = [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]]
|headquarters = [[Baghdad]], Iraq
|ideology = [[Islamism]]
|religion = [[Shia Islam]]
|international =
|website =
|seats1_title = Seats in the [[Council of Representatives of Iraq]]:
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|329|{{party color|National Reform Trend}}}}
|seats3_title = Seats in the [[2009 Iraqi governorate elections|local governorate councils]]:
|seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|440|{{party color|National Reform Trend}}}}
}}

The '''National Reform Trend''', also known as the National Reform Movement or as '''Islah''' ({{Langx|ar|تيار الإصلاح الوطني}}), is an [[Iraq]]i political party that was founded in 2008 by former [[Prime Minister of Iraq|Iraqi prime minister]], [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/J/Jaafari,%20Ibrahim%20al- Ex-Premier Is Expelled From Governing Party in Iraq], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 8, 2008</ref> It is a [[Shiite]]-[[Islamic]]-based party.

Jaafari was the secretary-general of the [[Islamic Dawa Party]] when he was elected Prime Minister. Following the [[December 2005 Iraqi legislative election]], his reelection as Prime Minister was blocked by Kurdish and Sunni Arab coalition partners. [[Nouri al-Maliki]], also from the Islamic Dawa Party, was elected as a compromise candidate in his place, and Maliki replaced Jaafari as party secretary general in May 2007.<ref>[http://www.juancole.com/2007/05/137-killed-by-guerrillas-us-to-talk-to.html Sawt al-Iraq, writing in Arabic], ''[[Informed Comment]]'', May 14, 2007</ref>

==Iraqi governorate elections, 2009==
The party won several seats in the [[2009 Iraqi governorate elections]] becoming the fourth largest Shi'a faction.
{| border="0" style="background:transparent;"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left
!align="center" valign=top|Governorate!! seats won !! out of
|-
| align=left| [[Baghdad Governorate]]|| align=center|2 || 55
|-
| align=left| [[Babil Governorate]] || align=center|2 || 30
|-
| align=left| [[Basra Governorate]] || align=center|1 || 34
|-
| align=left| [[Diyala Governorate]] || align=center|1 || 29
|-
| align=left| [[Dhi Qar Governorate]] || align=center|4 || 31
|-
| align=left| [[Karbala Governorate]] || align=center|1 || 27
|-
| align=left| [[al-Qadisiyyah Governorate]] || align=center|3 || 28
|-
| align=left| [[Maysan Governorate]] || align=center|4 || 27
|-
| align=left| [[Muthanna Governorate]] || align=center|3 || 26
|-
| align=left| [[Najaf Governorate]] || align=center|3 || 28
|-
| align=left| [[Wasit Governorate]] || align=center|1 || 28
|-
|}

==Parliamentary elections 2010==
For the [[2010 Iraqi parliamentary elections]] they joined up with other Shi'a religious parties to form the [[National Iraqi Alliance]], Jaafari was placed prominently as number one on their list for [[Baghdad Governorate|Baghdad]] and was made chairman of the alliance. They however only managed to win one seat and that was the seat of Jaafari himself, who got over 100,000 votes.

==Parliamentary elections 2014==
National Reform Trend took part in the 2014 [[2014 Iraqi parliamentary election|Iraqi parliamentary election]] as a coalition under the banner of Tayyar al islah and headed by [[Ibrahim al-Jaafari]] winning 6 seats in the Iraqi Parliament out of a total of 327 seats.

==See also==
* [[List of Islamic political parties]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*http://www.al-jaffaary.net/
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[[Category:Conservative parties in Iraq]]
[[Category:Shia Islamic political parties]]
[[Category:Islamic political parties in Iraq]]
[[Category:Shia Islam in Iraq]]

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National Reform Trend - Revision history

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