The members of the Iraqi Constitution Drafting Committee were appointed by the Iraqi Transitional Government on 12 May 2005 to draft a new constitution for Iraq. The breakdown of members by political affiliation was: * United Iraqi Alliance - 28 * Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan - 15 * The Iraqis - 8 * Communist Party of Iraq - 1 * Iraqi Turkmen Front - 1 * National Rafidain List - 1 * Sunni Arab nominee - 1 (later expanded to 15) The original 55 members were: