The 25 member Cabinet is composed of 24 men and 1 token woman (a Kurd) representated by 13 Shiite; 5 Kurds, 5 Sunni, 1 ethnic Turk and 1 Assyrian Christian. This gives the Shiites a one member majority.
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Sep 3, 2003
List of New Cabinet Ministers With Religious and Ethnic Background
The Associated Press
Here is the list of members of Iraq's Cabinet, some of whom were sworn into office Wednesday. Members' ethnic and religious backgrounds noted.
Communications - Haider al-Ebadi, Shiite
Public Works - Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq Berwari, female, Kurd
Construction and Housing: Bayan Baqir Solagh, Shiite
Environment: Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kareem, Kurd
Trade - Ali Adbul-Amir Allawi, Shiite
Planning - Mahdi al-Hafidh, Shiite
Education - Alaudin Abdul-Saheb al-Alwan, Shiite
Higher Education - Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Aswad, Sunni
Culture - Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jazaeri, Shiite
Human Rights - Abdul-Basit Turki, Sunni
Foreign Affairs - Hoshyar Zebari, Kurd
Interior - Nori al-Badran, Shiite
Agriculture - Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima, Shiite
Sport and Youth - Ali Faik al-Ghadban, Shiite
Health - Dr. Khudayer Abbas, Shiite
Industry and Minerals - Mohammed Tawfik Raheem, Kurd
Justice - Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli, Sunni
Science and Technology - Rashad Mandan Omar, ethnic Turk
Work and Social Affairs - Sami Izara al-Majoun, Shiite
Electricity - Ayham al-Samaraie, Sunni
Finance - Kamil Mubdir al-Gailani, Sunni
Immigration and Refugees: Mohammed Jassem Khudair, Shiite
Water Resources - Abdul-Latif Rashid, Kurd
Oil - Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Uloum, Shiite
Transport - Behnam Zayya Polis, Assyrian Christian
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