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June 01, 2004
The new-new Iraqi goverment
I'm looking over the full list of posts of the new Interim Government right now. Here's the preliminary read:
Previous members of IGC who retain powerful posts:
President: Ghazi al-Yawar
Deputy President: Ibrahim Jaffari
Prime Minister: Iyad Allawi
Minister of State for Provinces: Wael Abdel Latif
Ministers who were already ministers under the old government appointed by the IGC:
Foreign Minister: Hoshyar Zebari
Oil Minister: Thamer Abbas Ghadban (previous U.S. appointed acting oil minister)
Electricity Minister: Ayham al-Sammarai
Health Minister: Alaadin Alwan (formerly education)
Culture Minister: Mufeez Mohammed Jawad al-Jazairi
Water Resources Minister: Abdul Latif Jamel Rashid
Planning Minister: Mehdi al-Hafez
Public Works Minister: Nasreen Mustapha Barwari
Youth and Sports Minister: Ali Faiq al-Ghadban
Science and Technology Minister: Rashad Mendan Omar
People appointed from parties that already had powerful posts in the IGC:
Deputy President: Rowsch Shaways (KDP)
Deputy Prime Minister (for national security): Barham Saleh (PUK)
Finance Minister: Adel Abdel Mahdi (SCIRI)
I haven't yet tracked down the affiliation of every member so this is the minimum list of holdovers from the previous government.
Meanwhile, the IGC disbands itself.
Shouldn't that be the IGC is renamed the Interim government?
Meanwhile, Condoleezza Rice clears up the situation:
"These are not America's puppets," national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told reporters at the White House. "This is a terrific list and really good government and we're very pleased with the names that emerged."
Of course not! They just happen to be the people we handpicked last July right after halting all local elections.
In other surprising news, high on the new government's mind is a status of forces agreement with the U.S.-led occupation troops:
The incoming prime minister, Iyad Allawi, said his government would soon negotiate a crucial agreement on the status of U.S.-led international forces that will remain in Iraq.
To relieve the suspense, the new prime minister offered his assurances:
He [Allawi] expressed gratitude for what the coalition forces had done thus far in Iraq, saying "We will need the participation of the multinational forces to help in defeating the enemies of Iraq".
Posted by zeynep at June 1, 2004 11:37 AM
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HELLO.
I WAS BORN AT ZACO (KURDISH) AT 1941.
AT 1951, I AND MY FAMILY , (FATHER , MOTHER, BROTHERS (2) ,SISTER (1) AND ME) FLIGHT AND MOVED TO ISRAEL.
AT 1949-1951 WE LIVE AT BAGDAD (SOMETHING NEAR BAB AL SHARGI).
(MY FATHER WAS TAILOR AND WAS CONTRACTOR OF MINISTRY OF POLICE
AND HE LIVE MUCH OF CAPITAL, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM).
WE HAVE BEEN LIVE IN ISRAEL FROM THEN (MY FATHER AND MOTHER PAST AWAY).
MY QUASTION IS: ARE WE STILL CITIZAN OF IRAQ OR NOT.
MY NAME IS DAVID GABAY.
NAME OF FATHER WAS REFAEL HIS FATHER'S NAME IS MEIR.
NAME OF MOTHER WAS CHAME HER FATHER WAS SHLOMO.
PLEASE GAIDE TO WHOM I CAN ASK ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU.
DAVID GABAY
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Posted by: david gabay at June 30, 2004 10:32 PM
OF COURSE YOU ARE STILL AN IRAQI CITIZEN ACCORDING TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION ,WELCOME AGAIN IN THE NEW IRAQ
Posted by: sarmad at November 23, 2005 02:50 PM