Union of Iraqi Writers

Union of Iraqi Writers or officially The General Union for the Literaries and Writers in Iraq (الاتحاد العام للأدباء والكتاب في العراق)  is a nonprofit professional cultural NGO  that is concerned with Iraqi literary affairs. Founded in 1959 in Baghdad under Iraqi Republic (1958–68) and headquartered in Andalus Square in Baghdad and has branches in the provinces.

Establishment
On 7 of May 1959, the first administrative body of Union elected by secret ballot; Jawahiri elected president by acclamation, and Salah Khalis as general secretary and members: Zul Nun Ayoub, Mohammed Saleh Bahr al-Ulum, Mahdi Makhzoumi and Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati, Ali Jawad al-Tahir (who became secretary general after the assignment of Dr. Khalis to work outside Iraq) and Lamia Abbas Amara and Yousef al-Ani and Saadi Yousef and Abdullah Goran and Abdul Malik Nuri and Abdul Majid al-Wendawi and Ali Jalil al-Wardi and the name of Abdul Hamid Hammoudi.

General Secretaries

 * 1959 - 1980 : Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri.
 * 1980 - 1986: Hamid Said Hadi.
 * 2003 - May 13, 2016: Alfred Semaan Al-Maqdisi.
 * 13 May 2016 - 28 August 2019: Ibrahim Al-Khayat.