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Encyclopedia > Council of Ministers of Iraq

The Council of Ministers of Iraq is the executive branch of the (now transitional) government of Iraq. Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ...


The National Assembly of Iraq elects a President of State who along with two deputies will form a Presidency Council which appoints the Prime Minister of Iraq and the Council of Ministers of Iraq, all of whom must be approved by the Assembly. The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... The President of Iraq is Iraqs head of state and chief of government. ... List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ...


Current Council of Ministers

The current cabinet was sworn in on 3 May 2005, but several key posts were left vacant. Six new ministers were approved to fill vacant positions on 8 May, one of whom rejected his position saying he had not been consulted and was selected only because he was a Sunni. May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ...

Portfolio Minister
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Deputy Prime Ministers Ahmed Chalabi
Ruz Nuri Shawis
Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri
(vacant)
Interior Minister Bayan Baqir Solagh
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
Defence Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum
Electricity Minister Mohsen Shlash
Minister of Planning and Development Co-operation Barham Salih
Higher Education Minister Sami al-Mudhaffar
Minister of Municipalities and Public Works Nisrin Barwari
Telecommunications Minister Juwan Fouad Masum
Finance Minister Ali Adbul-Amir Allawi
Minister of Water Resources Abdul-Latif Rashid
Minister of Environment Narmin Othman
Trade Minister Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
Transport Minister Salam al-Maliki
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Idris Hadi
Human Rights Minister Narmin Othman (acting)
Hashim al-Shible rejected the post after he had been approved by parliament
Health Minister Abdel Muttalib Mohammed Ali
Minister of Construction and Housing Jasim Mohammed Jaafar
Education Minister Abdel Falah Hassan
Agriculture Minister Ali al-Bahadili
Justice Minister Abdel Hussein Shandal
Culture Minister Nuri Farhan al-Rawi
Minister of Science and Technology Basimah Yusuf Butrus
Minister of Displacement and Migration Suhaylah Abd-Jaafar
Minister of Youth and Sports Talib Aziz Zayni
Minister of Industry Usama al-Najafi
Minister of State for National Security Affairs Abd-al-Karim al-Anzi
Minister of State for Governorate Affairs Saad Nayif Mujhim al-Hardan
Minister of State for Civil Society Affairs Ala Habib Kazim
Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Abdel Karim al-Shaikhli
Minister of State for Tourism and Antiquities Hashim al-Hashimi
Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi

List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ... Ibrahim al-Jaafari (b. ... Ahmed Chalabi Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi1 (Arabic: احمد الجلبي) (born October 30, 1944) is the interim minister for oil and a deputy prime minister in Iraq, as of April 28, 2005 [1]. He is also part of a three-man executive council for the umbrella Iraqi opposition group, the Iraqi... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ... Baqer Solagh Jabor a. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... Hoshyar Zebari (born 1953) is the current Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. ... A defence minister (Commonwealth English) or defense minister (American English) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. ... Saadoun al-Dulaimi is the Iraqi Minister for Defence. ... Dr Barham Salih, was the former Prime Minster of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, administered Iraqi Kurdistan and is now the interim deputy Prime Minister of Iraq. ... The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... Ali Allawi is the current Iraqi Minister of Trade, part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. ... Latif Rashid is the current Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, part of the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. ... A minister of the environment or secretary of the environment, is a cabinet position in charge of a government ministry dealing with the natural environment. ... Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... The government role of Minister for Transport is common to several countries: The British Secretary of State for Transport The Canadian Minister of Transport The Irish Minister for Transport This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Minister of Agriculture is a position in several cabinet governments. ... The Justice Minister is a cabinet position in a government. ... A Minister of State, in parliamentary systems, is a junior minister. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Archaeology or archæology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of cultural and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Iraqi National Assembly is the unicameral parliament of Iraq which meets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ...

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Prime Minister of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (570 words)
Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament.
Under the newly adopted constitution the Prime Minister is to be the country's active executive authority.
From 1920 to 1958 the Prime Minister was appointed by the King of Iraq, and usually held office for a single year before being replaced.
Iraqi Governing Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (679 words)
The council, which operated in 2003 and 2004, consisted of various Iraqi political, religious, and tribal leaders who were appointed by the Coalition Provisional Authority to provide transitional leadership of the country to an eventual democratic state.
Other legislation passed by the council included declaring the day that Baghdad fell to be a national holiday, voting to establish a tribunal to try former government leaders, and banning television stations which are deemed to be supportive of the resistance.
Minister of Immigration and Refugees — Mohammed Jassem Khudair
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