New Kurdish Government Sworn In

Erbil, Kurdistan — And so begins the Barham Salih era… Today Dr. Barham Salih was sworn in as the prime minister of the sixth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government. In a ceremony attended by the president of the region, Mr. Massoud Barzani, the outgoing PM, Mr. Nichervan Barzani as well as the Iraqi first lady, Mrs. Hero Ibrahim Ahmad, the sixth cabinet was sworn in at the Parliament.

The new cabinet will have only one woman, Asos Najib Abdullah who will be the minister of labor and social affairs.

Here is some poetic justice, the man who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death by hanging, judge Ra’ouf Rashid will now be the minister of Justice in Barham Salih’s cabinet.

This administration has some very challenging tasks ahead of it, including patching things up with the federal government over natural resources, Kerkuk and other disputed areas and of course make every effort to keep a strong Kurdish presence in the upcoming Iraqi parliament.

Below is the list of the individuals who will be heading the new government:

Dr. Barham Salih: Prime Minister
Mr. Azad Barwari: Deputy Prime Minister

– Sheikh Ja’far Mustafa Ali: Minister of Peshmerga Affairs
– Baez Sa’ed Talabani: Finance
– Raouf Rashid: Justice
– Abdulkarim Sultan Sinjari: Interior
– Abdullah Abdulrahman Abdullah (a.k.a. Ashti Hawrami): Natural Resources
– Tahir Abdullah Hawrami: Health
– Safeen Muhsin Dizayi: Education
– Kamaran Ahmad Abdullah: Reconstruction and Housing
– Samir Abdullah Mustafa: Municipalities and Tourism
– Dr. Dilawar Abdulaziz ‘Ala-a-Din: Higher Education and Scientific Research
– Dr. Ali Oman Haji Badri Sindi (a.k.a. Ali Sindi): Planning
– Asos Najib Abdullah: Labor and Social Affairs
– Kawa Mahmoud Shakir: Culture and Youth
– Dr. Majid Hamad Amin: Martyrs and Anfalized
– Jamil Sulaiman Haidar: Agriculre and Water Resources
– Sinan Abdulkhaliq Ahmad Chalabi: Trade and Industry
– Anwar Jabali Sabo: Transportation and Communications
– Kamil Ali Aziz: Endowment and Religious Affairs

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