executive order 331 (2019)

Tags: hashd al-shaabi (PMF)

Issued September 17, 2019, aimed to divide the powers wielded by abu mahdi al-muhandis, ultimately was considered to be the “definitive framework” for the hashd

Elements

• President of the hashd commission
  • split from the vice chair and placed under the “President”
  • directorates of finance, administration, legal affairs, security, audit and monitoring, spiritual guidance, planning and procurement, and information
• secretary-general to the president
  • identifies a secretary-general (amin al0sirr al-aam)
• chief of staff
  • all directorates not held under the president are under the chief of staff (vacant since 2017)
    • has 5 deputies and directly controls eight “operations commands”