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The Cabinet of Iraq (officially called the Council of Ministers) 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.

Current Council of Ministers

The current cabinet was approved by the Assembly on 21 December 2010, following the general election in March 2010. The names of thirty five ministers were approved, with the other posts filled by temporary ministers pending agreement about the permanent ministers.

Portfolio	Website	Minister	Coalition	Party	Dates
Prime Minister		Nouri al-Maliki	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy		Hussain al-Shahristani	State of Law Coalition	independent	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Deputy Prime Minister		Saleh al-Mutlaq	Iraqiyya	Iraqi National Dialogue Front	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Deputy Prime Minister		Rowsch Nuri Shaways	Kurdistan List	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Sovereign Ministries
Defense Minister		(acting) Nouri al-Maliki	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Finance Minister	www.mof.gov.iq	Rafi al-Issawi	Iraqiyya	National Future Gathering	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Foreign Minister	www.mofa.gov.iq	Hoshyar Zebari	Kurdistan List	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Interior Minister	www.moi.gov.iq	(acting) Nouri al-Maliki	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Oil Minister	www.oil.gov.iq	Abd al-Karim Luaybi	State of Law Coalition	independent	^[2]
Other Ministries
Agriculture Minister		Izz al-Din al-Dawla	Iraqiyya	al-Hadba	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Communications Minister	www.iraqimoc.net www.nmc.gov.iq	Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi	Iraqiyya	Iraqi National Accord	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Construction & Housing Minister	www.moch.gov.iq	Muhammad al-Darraji	National Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[3]^[4]
Culture Minister	www.mocul.gov.iq	Saadoun al-Dulaimi	Unity Alliance of Iraq	independent	2010-12-21 - ^[3]
Displacement and Migration Minister	ww.momd.gov.iq	Dindar Najman	Kurdistan Islamic Union		2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Education Minister		Mohammed Tamim	Iraqiyya	Iraqi National Dialogue Front	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Electricity Minister	www.moelc.gov.iq	Hussain al-Shahristani (acting)	State of Law Coalition	Independent	2010-12-21 - 2011-02-13 ^[3]^[5]
		Raad Shallal al-Ani	Iraqiyya	al-Hal	2011-02-13^[6] - 2011-08-08 ^[7]
		Abdulkarim Aftan	Iraqiyya		2011-12-12 - ^[8]
Environment Minister	www.moen.gov.iq	Sargon Lazon Sliwah	National Rafidain List	Assyrian Democratic Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[3]
Health Minister	www.moh.gov.iq	Dr. Majeed Iqmoh	?	?	?
Higher Education & Scientific Research Minister	www.mohesr.gov.iq	Ali al-Adeeb	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Human Rights Minister	www.humanrights.gov.iq	Muhammad Shiya al-Sudani	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Industry & Minerals Minister	www.industry.gov.iq	Ahmad Nassar Dali al-Karbouli	Iraqiyya	Renewal List	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Justice Minister	www.moj.gov.iq	Hasan al-Shammari	National Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Virtue Party	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Labour & Social Affairs Minister	www.molsa.gov.iq	Nassar al-Rubayie	National Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Municipalities and Public Works Minister	www.mmpw.gov.iq	(acting) Dindar Najman	Kurdistan Islamic Union		2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Science & Technology Minister	www.most.gov.iq	Abd al-Karim al-Samarrai	Iraqiyya	Renewal List	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Trade Minister	www.mot.gov.iq	(acting) Rowsch Nuri Shaways	Kurdistan List	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2010-12-32 - ^[2]
Trade Minister	www.mot.gov.iq	Khairalla Hasan Babiker	Kurdistan List		2011-02-13 - ^[6]
Transport Minister	www.motrans.gov.iq	Hadi Al-Amiri	National Iraqi Alliance	Badr Organization	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Tourism & Antiquities Minister		Liwaa Semeism	National Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Water Resources Minister	www.mowr.gov.iq	Mohaned al-Saadi	National Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Women's Affairs Minister		(acting) Hoshyar Zebari	Kurdistan List	Kurdistan Democratic Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Works & Planning Minister		(acting) Nassar al-Rubayie	National Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Youth & Sport Minister	www.moys.gov.iq	Jasim Mohammed Jaafar	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Ministers of State
Minister of State and Government spokesman	www.goi-s.com	Ali al-Dabbagh	State of Law Coalition	Independent Iraqi Kafaat Gathering	2010-12-21 - ^[1]^[9]
Minister of State for Parliament Affairs		Safa al-Safi	State of Law Coalition	independent	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Minister of State		Abd al-Mahdi al-Mutayri	National Iraqi Alliance	Sadrist Movement	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Minister of State		Bushra Husseing Saleh	National Iraqi Alliance	Islamic Virtue Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Minister of State		Hassan Radia al-Sari	National Iraqi Alliance	Hezbollah Movement in Iraq	2010-12-21 - ^[1]
Minister of State		Yassin Mohammed Ahmed	Iraqi National Alliance	ISCI	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Minister of State for National Reconciliation		Amer al-Khizaii	???	???	2010-12-21 - ^[3]
Minister of State for National Dialogue		(acting) Ali al-Adeeb	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs		Ali Abdullah al-Sajeri	Unity Alliance of Iraq	Iraqi Constitutional Party	2010-12-21 - ^[3]
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs		Hussein Ali al-Shaalan	Iraqiyya	Iraqi National List	2010-12-21 - ^[3]
Minister of State		Salah Mazahem al-Jibouri	Iraqiyya	Iraqi National Dialogue Front	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Minister of State		Nurhan	???	???	2010-12-21 - ^[3]
Minister of State for National Security		(acting) Nouri al-Maliki	State of Law Coalition	Islamic Dawa Party	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Minister of State for Provincial Affairs		Turhan Abdullah	Iraqiyya	Iraqi Turkmen Front	2010-12-21 - ^[2]
Minister of State for Non-Governmental Organizations		???	Kurdistan List	???	2010-12-21 - ^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Parliament Approves the Second Maliki Government, Reidar Visser, 2010-12-21
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Ministers in the New Iraq Government, Assyrian International News Agency, 2010-12-23
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Al Sunaid names Iraq Cabinet nominees, Al Sumaria, 2010-12-21
^ Full List of Iraq’s New Cabinet
^ URGENT: Iraqi Defense, Electricity, Cabinet posts settled by al-Iraqiya Coaliltion
^ ^a ^b Maliki fills power, trade, other Iraq cabinet jobs, Reuters, 13 February 2011, accessed on 1 January 2012
^ Iraq PM moves to fire minister over power deals, AFP, 8 August 2011
^ Iraq names new electricity minister, AFP, 14 December 2011
^ Iraq: Political Parties (Re)Align For December Elections

Iraq topics

Society	Iraqi people • Iraqi diaspora • Demographics • Minorities (Kurds · Chaldeans · Madan · Turks see Iraqi Turkmen · Assyrians · Mandaeans) • Languages (Iraqi Arabic · Kurdish · Neo-Aramaic · Turkish (Turkoman dialect) • Religion (Islam · Christianity · Mandaeism) • Culture • Cuisine • Music • Education • Health • Sports

History	Ancient Iraq (Sumer · Akkadian Empire · Babylonia · Assyria · Neo-Assyrian Empire · Neo-Babylonian Empire · Achaemenid Assyria · Seleucid Babylonia · Parthian Babylonia · Sassanid Asuristan) • Islamic conquest of Iraq • Abbasid Caliphate • Ottoman Iraq • British Mandate of Mesopotamia • Kingdom of Iraq • Arab Federation • Republic of Iraq (1958–1968 • 1968–2003 • 2003–present) • Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party • Saddam Hussein • Iran–Iraq War • Invasion of Kuwait • Gulf War • Sanctions • U.S. invasion of Iraq • Occupation of Iraq • Iraqi insurgency • Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq

Economy	Iraqi Dinar • Stock Exchange • Central Bank • Oil reserves • Media

Infrastructure	Communications • Transportation • Schools • Hospitals • Roads • Reconstruction

Government	Constitution • Legislative branch • Executive branch (President · Cabinet · Prime Minister) • Judiciary • Law • Police • Iraqi Armed Forces (Army · Air Force · Navy)

Politics	Political parties • Elections • Minority politics • Foreign relations • Human rights • Foreign aid • War conflicts

Geography	Tigris • Euphrates • Fertile Crescent • Mesopotamia • Governorates • Districts • Notable Places • Syrian Desert • Zagros Mountains • Hamrin Mountains • Umm Qasr • Al-Faw Peninsula • Shatt al-Arab • Al-Jazira • Mesopotamian Marshes • Lake Habbaniyah • Lake Tharthar • Lake Hammar • Lake Milh • Islands

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Cabinet of Iraq

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