2005 Iraqi Government cabinet members

Members of parliament in Iraq have approved a new government by a large majority.

The ministerial list in full includes:

Ibrahim Jaafari
Prime Minister
Former spokesman for the Islamic Daawa Party, one of Iraq's oldest political parties.

Ahmed Chalabi
Deputy Prime Minister
Once touted at the Pentagon as a future president of Iraq.

Ruz Nuri Shawis
Deputy Prime Minister
Former president of the Kurdistan National Assembly - the Iraqi Kurdish parliament based in Arbil. He is a senior member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Abid Mutlak Al-Jubouri
Deputy Prime Minister
A Sunni-Arab who rose to prominence in the 1980s.

Baqir Solagh
Interior Minister
A senior official of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri).

Hoshyar Zebari
Foreign Minister
Formerly the foreign spokesman for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, holding the position for more than 10 years.

Ali Abdel Amir Allawi
Minister of Finance

Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Minister of Defence

Ibrahim Bahr Al Uloum
Minister of Oil

Mohsen Shlash
Minister of Electricity

Usama al-Najafi
Minister of Industry

Jasim Mohammed Jaafar
Minister of Construction and Housing

Abdel Falah Hassan
Minister of Education

Sami al-Muzaffar
Minister of Higher Education

Abdel Muttalib Mohammed Ali
Minister of Health

Barham Salih
Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation

Juwan Fouad Masum
Minister of Telecommunications

Abdel Basit Karim Mawloud
Minister of Trade

Ali al-Bahadili
Minister of Agriculture

Abdel Hussein Shandal
Minister of Justice

Idris Hadi
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

Latif Rashid
Minister of Water Resources

Salam al-Maliki
Minister of Transport

Nuri Farhan al-Rawi
Minister of Culture

Basimah Yusuf Butrus
Minister of Science and Technology

Suhaylah Abd-Jaafar
Minister of Displacement and Migration

Talib Aziz Zayni
Minister of Youth and Sports

Narmin Othman
Minister of Environment (also acting Human Rights Minister)

Nisrin Barwari
Minister of Municipalities and Public Works

Abd-al-Karim al-Anzi
Minister of State for National Security Affairs

Saad Nayif Mujhim al-Hardan
Minister of State for Governorate Affairs

Ala Habib Kazim
Minister of State for Civil Society Affairs

Azhar Abdel Karim al-Shaikhli
Minister of State for Women's Affairs

Hashim al-Hashimi
Acting Minister of State for Tourism and Antiquities

Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi
Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs

Muslih Khadr al-Juburi
Acting Minister of Industry and Minerals

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