Council of Ministers of Iraq

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The Council of Ministers of Iraq is the executive branch of the government of Iraq.

The National Assembly of Iraq elects a President of State who along with two deputies form the Presidency Council. The Presidency Council appoints the Prime Minister who appoints the Council of Ministers, all of whom must be approved by the Assembly. At least one former government ministry, the Information Ministry, no longer exists.

Contents 1 Current Council of Ministers 2 See also

[edit] Current Council of Ministers

The current cabinet was approved by the Assembly on 20 May 2006, but the key Interior and Defence posts were temporarily filled until 8 June 2006. The Sadrist Movement wihdrew from the government in April 2007, followed by the Iraqi Accord Front in August.

Portfolio	Minister	Coalition	Party	Dates
Prime Minister	Nouri al-Maliki	United Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Dawa Party	2006-05-20 -
Deputy Prime Minister	Barham Salih	Kurdistani Alliance	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	2006-05-20 -
Deputy Prime Minister	Salam al-Zobaie	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi People's Conference	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-01
Interior Minister	Nouri al-Maliki	United Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Dawa Party	2006-05-20 - 2006-06-08
	Jawad Bulani	United Iraqi Alliance	Independent	2006-06-08 -
Foreign Minister	Hoshyar Zebari	Kurdistani Alliance	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2006-05-20 -
Defence Minister	Salam al-Zaubai	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi People's Conference	2006-05-20 - 2006-06-08
	Qadir Obeidi	Iraqi Accord Front	Independent	2006-06-08 - 2007-08-01
Oil Minister	Hussain al-Shahristani	United Iraqi Alliance	Independent	2006-05-20 -
Electricity Minister	Karim Waheed	United Iraqi Alliance	Independent	2006-05-20 -
Minister of Planning	Ali Baban	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi Islamic Party	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-01
Higher Education Minister	Abd Dhiyab al-Ajili	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi Islamic Party	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-01
Minister of Municipalities and Public Works	Riad Ghareeb	United Iraqi Alliance	Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council	2006-05-20 -
Finance Minister	Bayan Jabor	United Iraqi Alliance	Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council	2006-05-20 -
Minister of Water Resources	Abdul-Latif Rashid	Kurdistani Alliance	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	2006-05-20 -
Environment Minister	Narmin Othman	Kurdistani Alliance	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	2006-05-20 -
Trade Minister	Abdul Falah al-Sudany	United Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation	2006-05-20 -
Transport Minister	Karim Mahdi Salih	United Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2006-05-20 - 2007-04-16
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Mahmoud al-Radi	United Iraqi Alliance	Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council	2006-05-20 -
Human Rights Minister	Wijdan Michael	Iraqi National List	Iraqi National Accord	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-24
Health Minister	Ali al-Shemari	United Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2006-05-20 - 2007-04-16
	Salih al-Hasnawi			2007-10-30 -
Minister of Construction and Housing	Bayan Dezei	Kurdistani Alliance	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2006-05-20 -
Education Minister	Khodair al-Khozaei	United Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation	2006-05-20 -
Agriculture Minister	Yaroub al-Abodi	United Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2006-05-20 - 2007-04-16
	Ali al-Bahadili			2007-10-30 -
Justice Minister	Hashem al-Shebly	Iraqi National List	National Democratic Party	2006-05-20 - 2007-03-31
Culture Minister	Asaad Kamal Hashemi	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi People's Conference	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-01
Minister of Science and Technology	Raed Fahmy Jahid	Iraqi National List	Iraqi Communist Party	2006-05-20 -
Minister of Displacement and Migration	Abdul Samad Sultan	United Iraqi Alliance	Fayli Kurd	2006-05-20 -
Minister of Youth and Sports	Jasem Mohammed Jaafar	Kurdistani Alliance	Shiite Turkmen	2006-05-20 -
Minister of Industry & Minerals	Fawzi Hariri	Kurdistani Alliance	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2006-05-20 -
Communications Minister	Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi	Iraqi National List		2006-05-20 - 2007-08-24
Ministers of State:
National Security Affairs	Barham Salih	Kurdistani Alliance	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	2006-05-20 - 2006-06-08
	Shirwan Waili	United Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation	2006-06-08 -
Governorate Affairs	Saad Taher Abd Khalaf al-Hashemi	Iraqi National List	Iraqi National Accord	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-24
Civil Society Affairs	Adel al-Assadi	United Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Action Organisation	2006-05-20 -
Foreign Affairs	Rafi al-Isawi	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi Islamic Party	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-01
National Dialogue	Akram al-Hakim	United Iraqi Alliance	Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council	2006-05-20 -
Women	Faten Abdul Rahman Mahmoud	Iraqi Accord Front	Iraqi Islamic Party	2006-05-20 - 2007-08-01
Tourism & Antiquities	Liwaa Semeism	United Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2006-05-20 - 2007-04-16
National Assembly Affairs	Safaaeddine al-Safi	United Iraqi Alliance	Independent	2006-05-20 -
without portfolio	Muhammad Abbas al-Uraybi	Iraqi National List		2006-05-20 - 2007-08-24
without portfolio	Ali Muhammad Ahmad	Kurdistan Islamic Union	Kurdistan Islamic Union	2006-05-20 -
without portfolio	Hasan Radi Kazim al-Sari	United Iraqi Alliance	Iraqi Hezbollah	2006-05-20 -

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