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Iraq's first post-Saddam cabinet

   

Members of the cabinet, September 2003

On 1 September, 2003, after weeks of delay, the governing council named Iraq's first post-Saddam cabinet. 


Note: The ethnic and religious breakdown of the 25-member cabinet matched that of the governing council: 13 Shia, five Sunni Arabs, five Kurds (also Sunnis), one ethnic Turk and an Assyrian Christian. No prime minister was appointed.

  

AgricultureAbboud, Abdul-Ameer Rahima al-Shia
CommunicationsEbadi, Haider al-Shia
Construction and HousingSolagh, Bayan Baqir Shia
CultureJazaeri, Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Shia
EducationAlwan, Alaudin Abdul-Shaheeb al-Shia
ElectricitySamaraie, Ayham al-Sunni Arab
EnvironmentKareem, Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kurd
FinanceGailani, Kamil Mubdir al-Sunni Arab
Foreign AffairsZebari, Hoshyar Kurd
HealthAbbas, Dr. Khudayer Shia
Higher EducationAswad, Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Sunni Arab
Human RightsTurki, Abdul-Basit Sunni Arab
Immigration and RefugeesKhudair, Mohammed Jassem Shia
Industry and MineralsRaheem, Mohammed Tawfik Kurd
InteriorBadran, Nori al-Shia
JusticeShibli, Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Sunni Arab
OilUloum, Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Shia
PlanningHafidh, Mahdi al-Shia
Public WorksBerwari, Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq*Kurd
Science and TechnologyOmar, Rashad Mandan Turkoman
Sport and YouthGhaban, Ali Faik al-Shia
TradeAllawi, Ali Adbul-Amir Shia
TransportPolis, Behnam Zayya Assyrian Christian
Water ResourcesRasheed, Abdul-Latif Kurd
Work and Social AffairsMajoun, Sami Izara al-Shia

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* Female 
¶ Former exile

     

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Last revised on 03 August, 2015