set_leader_IRQ = {

	if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 2 } }

		if = { limit = { check_variable = { liberalism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ayad Allawi"
				picture = "ayad_allawi.dds"
				ideology = liberalism
				traits = {
					western_liberalism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { liberalism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 3 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { socialism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Jalal Talabani"
				picture = "jalal_talabani.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ahmed Chalabi"
				picture = "ahmed_chalabi.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
					sly
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2015.11.4 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #died 3 Nov 2015
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { socialism_leader = 2 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Barham Salih"
				picture = "generic.dds"
				ideology = socialism
				traits = {
					western_socialism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { socialism_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 6 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Conservative_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Conservative_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ibrahim al-Jaafari"
				picture = "Ibrahim_al-Jaafari.dds"
				ideology = Conservative
				traits = {
					emerging_Conservative
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Conservative_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Conservative_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Conservative_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Nouri al-Maliki"
				picture = "Nouri_al-Maliki.dds"
				ideology = Conservative
				traits = {
					emerging_Conservative
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Conservative_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 8 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Mohammed Baqi al-Hakem"
				picture = "Mohammed_Baqi_al-Hakem.dds"
				ideology = Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				traits = {
					emerging_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Humam Hamoudi"
				picture = "Humam_Hamoudi.dds"
				ideology = Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				traits = {
					emerging_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 2 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Adil Abdul-Mahdi"
				picture = "Adil_Abdul-Mahdi.dds"
				ideology = Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				traits = {
					emerging_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Mod_Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 11 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi"
				picture = "Abu_Musab_Al-Zarqawi.dds"
				ideology = Caliphate
				traits = {
					salafist_Caliphate
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Caliphate_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 12 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Neutral_Muslim_Brotherhood_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Neutral_Muslim_Brotherhood_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ahmed Abu Risha"
				picture = "Ahmed_Abu_Risha.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Muslim_Brotherhood
				traits = {
					western_Western_Autocracy
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Neutral_Muslim_Brotherhood_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 20 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			if = {
				limit = {
					NOT = {
						has_country_flag = IRQ_islamic_revolution
					}
				}
				create_country_leader = {
					name = "Muqtada al-Sadr"
					picture = "Muqtada_al-Sadr.dds"
					ideology = Nat_Populism
					traits = {
						pro_iranian
					}
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Populism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	#
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 21 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri"
				picture = "gfx/leaders/IRQ/Izzat_Ibrahim_al-Douri.dds"
				ideology = Nat_Fascism
				traits = {
					nationalist_Nat_Fascism
					military_career
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Nat_Fascism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 23 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Monarchist_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Monarchist_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Ra'ad bin Zeid"
				picture = "raad_bin_zaid.dds"
				ideology = Monarchist
				traits = {
					nationalist_Monarchist
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Monarchist_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 9 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Hadi Al-Amiri"
				picture = "Hadi_Al-Amiri.dds"
				ideology = Vilayat_e_Faqih
				traits = {
					emerging_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } NOT = { check_variable = { b = 1 } } }
			add_to_variable = { Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Abu Azrael"
				picture = "Abu_Azrael.dds"
				ideology = Vilayat_e_Faqih
				traits = {
					emerging_Vilayat_e_Faqih
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Vilayat_e_Faqih_leader = 1 } }
			set_temp_variable = { b = 1 }
		}
	}
	else_if = { limit = { check_variable = { ruling_party = 19 } }
		if = { limit = { check_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 0 } }
			add_to_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 1 }
			hidden_effect = { kill_country_leader = yes }

			create_country_leader = {
				name = "Raid Jahid Fahmi"
				picture = "raid_jahid_fahmi.dds"
				ideology = Neutral_Communism
				traits = {
					neutrality_Neutral_Communism
				}
			}

			if = { limit = { has_country_flag = do_not_retire } subtract_from_variable = { Neutral_Communism_leader = 1 } }
			if = { limit = { date < 2016.1.2 } set_temp_variable = { b = 1 } } #skip if 2017
		}
	}

	IRQ_saddam_rage_check = yes
}