The presidency council functioned in the role of the president of Iraq until one successive presidential term after the ratification of the Constitution[1] and a government was seated.[2] The presidency council consisted of one president and two deputies, or vice presidents, and the presidency council must have made all decisions unanimously.[3]
The members of the presidency council were elected with "one list" by a two-thirds majority in the Iraqi Council of Representatives.[4] The presidency council had the right to veto legislation passed by the Council of Representatives which may have overrode the veto with a three-fifths supermajority.[5] Under the TAL the override required a two-thirds supermajority.