Iraq's Education Ministry updates retirement age calculation for staff

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education issued a ministerial order on June 15, 2026, revising how retirement age is calculated for its personnel. Under the new rule, the calculation will be based on the end of the calendar year, December 31, 2026, rather than the July 1 cutoff previously used in retirement processing. The ministry said the change is grounded in the second paragraph of Article 34, as amended, of the Unified Retirement Law No. 9 of 2014. It stated that the updated procedure is intended to bring consistency to administrative processing of retirement files and to ensure the law is applied uniformly to all covered staff. According to the ministry, the order took effect on the date of its publication and is binding on all retirement referral procedures carried out by departments under the ministry. No further details on the scope of affected employees or implementation were immediately available.