Coalition interim administration
The interim administration of the coalition in Iraq ( English Coalition Provisional Authority , CPA ; Arabic سلطة الائتلاف المؤقتة, DMG Sulṭat al-I'tilāf al-Mu'aqqata ) was the transitional government after the war in Iraq by coalition forces occupied Iraq from April 2003 to June 2004.
The CPA emerged from the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) , which was set up in January 2003 under the direction of Jay Garner . Shortly after it was established as a division of the US Department of Defense on April 21, 2003, Garner was replaced by Paul Bremer , who held the post of interim administrator until its dissolution on June 28, 2004. The CPA's duties included exercising all administrative (executive, legislative and judicial) powers in place of the overthrown Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein, with the exception of military operations, which continued to be coordinated by CENTCOM and the Alliance's military agencies.
Among other things, the CPA has carried out the following:
- Managed the Development Fund for Iraq , successor to the Oil-for-Food program , and the Relief and Reconstruction Fund for Iraq
- Formation of the Iraqi Governing Council (22 July 2003)
- Privatization of Iraqi companies
- Awarding of contracts to rebuild the infrastructure
On July 28, 2004, the newly formed Iraqi interim government was entrusted with the performance of these tasks.