The Powers Order 703 Gives Each Peshmerga Regional Command
How the February 2026 decree divides authority over appointments, discipline, spending and media between the two Regional Commands and the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs
Regional Command decides
Needs approval or coordination
Held centrally
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provisions in Order 703 let a Regional Command act on its own authority. Eight need approval from the ministry, the finance ministry or the cabinet, and the four held centrally are all financial.
Posts each Regional Command appoints itself
Regional Commander→Division commandersDeputy division commandersDivision chiefs of staffDirectorate headsBrigade commanders