Council of Ministers (Iraq)

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The Council of Ministers is the executive branch of the government of Iraq.

The Council of Representatives of Iraq elects a President of the Republic who appoints the Prime Minister who in turn appoints the Council of Ministers, all of whom must be approved by the Assembly.

Members

Portfolio	Website	Minister	Coalition	Party	Dates	References
Prime Minister		Mustafa Al-Kadhimi		none	6 May 2020
Sovereign Ministries
Interior Minister	www.moi.gov.iq	Othman al-Ghanmi			6 May 2020	^[1]
Finance Minister	www.mof.gov.iq	Ali Allawi			6 May 2020	^[1]
Foreign Minister	www.mofa.gov.iq	Fuad Hussein	none	none	6 June 2020
Defense Minister	www.mod.mil.iq	Juma Inad			6 May 2020	^[1]
Oil Minister	www.oil.gov.iq	Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail	none	none	6 June 2020
Other Ministries
Agriculture Minister		Mohammad Saleh		none	6 June 2020
Communications Minister	www.nmc.gov.iq	Arkan Shahab			6 May 2020	^[1]
Culture Minister	http://www.mocul.gov.iq/	Hassan Nazim			6 June 2020
Housing & Reconstruction Minister	www.moch.gov.iq	Nazanin Mohammed			6 May 2020	^[1]
Electricity Minister	\|www.moelc.gov.iq	Majid Mahdi Hantoush			6 May 2020	^[1]
Education Minister		Ali Hamid			6 May 2020	^[1]
Health Minister	www.moh.gov.iq	Hassam Mohammed			6 May 2020	^[1]
Higher Education and Technology Minister		Nabil Abdulsahib			6 May 2020	^[1]
Industry & Minerals Minister	www.industry.gov.iq	Manhal Aziz			6 May 2020	^[1]
Labour & Social Affairs Minister	www.molsa.gov.iq	Adil Hashush			6 May 2020	^[1]
Migration Minister		Eva Faeq Yakoob			6 June 2020	^[2]
Planning Minister		Khalid Najim			6 May 2020	^[1]
Trade Minister	www.mot.gov.iq	Alla Ahmed Hassan		none	6 June 2020
Transport Minister	www.motrans.gov.iq	Nasir Hussein			6 May 2020	^[1]
Water Resources Minister	www.mowr.gov.iq	Mahdi Rashid			6 May 2020	^[1]
Youth & Sport Minister	www.moys.gov.iq	Adnan Dirjal			6 May 2020	^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Ali Mamouri (7 May 2020). "Meet Iraq's new Cabinet". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ Press, Syriac (June 12, 2020). "Iraqi Prime Minister Kadhimi visits villages and towns in Nineveh Plains". Syriac Press. Retrieved July 9, 2020.

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