List of Iraqi Cabinet Ministers - 20 May 2006



By The Associated Press
Sat May 20, 200,  2:39 PM ET

Iraq's new 39-position national Cabinet, which includes four women:
Prime minister: Nouri al-Maliki, Shiite.
Deputy prime minister: Barham Saleh, Kurd.
Deputy prime minister: Salam Zikam Ali al-Zubaie, Sunni Arab.

Acting interior minister: Nouri al-Maliki, (also prime minister), Shiite.
Acting defense minister: Salam Zikam Ali al-Zubaie (also deputy prime minister). Sunni Arab.
Oil minister: Hussain al-Shahristani, Shiite.
Finance minister: Bayan Jabr, Shiite.
Trade minister: Abed Falah al-Sudani, Shiite.
Foreign minister: Hoshyar Zebari, Kurd.
Justice minister: Hashim al-Shebli, Sunni Arab.
Electricity minister: Karim Waheed, Shiite.
Industry minister: Fawzi al-Hariri, Kurd.
Water resources minister: Latif Rashid, Kurd.
Housing and construction minister: Bayan Dazee, Kurdish woman.
Agriculture minister: Yarrub Nazim, Shiite.
Education minister: Khudayer Al-Khuzaie, Shiite
Higher education minister: Abed Theyab, Sunni Arab.
Health minister: Ali Al-Shemari, Shiite.
Transport minister: Karim Mahdi, Shiite.
Migration minister: Abdul-Samad Rahman, Shiite.
Acting minister of state for national security: Bahram Saleh (also deputy prime minister). Kurd
Minister of state for civil society affairs: Adel al-Assadi, Shiite.
Minister of state for House of Representatives affairs: Safa al-Safi, Shiite.
Youth and sports minister: Jassim Mohammed Jaafar, Shiite.
Minister of state for tourism and archaeology affairs: Liwa Semeism, Shiite.
Planning and development cooperation minister: Ali Baban, Sunni Arab.
Communications minister: Mohammed Twafiq, Shiite.
Labor and social affairs minister: Mahmoud Mohammed al-Radhi, Shiite.
Municipalities and public works minister: Riyad Gharib, Shiite.
Environment minister: Narmin Othman, Kurdish woman.
Culture minister: Assad Kamal Mohammed, Kurd.
Minister of state for womens affairs: Fatin Abdel-Rahman, Sunni Arab woman.
Minister of state for provincial affairs: Saad Tahir Abid, Sunni Arab.
Science and technology minister: Raed Fahmi, Sunni Arab.
Human rights minister: Wijdan Mikaeil, Christian woman.
Minister of state for Foreign Affairs: Rafaa al-Esawi, Sunni Arab.
Minister of national dialogue: Akram al-Hakim, Shiite.
Minister of state: Mohammed Abbas Auraibi, Shiite.
Minister of state: Ali Mohammed Ahmed, Kurd.
Minister of state: Hassan Rhadi Khazim, Shiite.