IraqiNews.com unveils most of new cabinet line up names

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The new Iraqi government will consist of 42 ministers, including state ministers, a members of the National Coalition Ali al-Dabbagh said on Monday. The Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki presented the ministers’ names today to the parliament’s chairmanship to vote on them on Tuesday. “The candidates’ names are Hoshyar Zebari, Rafia al-Issawi, Ahmad Nasser Dali, Mohammad Tamim, Ezz al-Din al-Dawla, Jassem Mohammad Jaafar, Hassan al-Shemri, Mohammad Allawi, Abdulkarim al-Samerraie, Dindar Najman, Majid Hamid Amin, Abdulkarim al-Laaibi, Ziyad Tareq, Saadon al-Dalimi, Ali al-Adib, Safaa al-Din al-Safi, Korkis Saliwa, Aamer al-Khuzaai, Ali al-Dabbagh, Mohammad al-Shayaa, Ali al-Sajri,” al-Dabbagh told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Salah Muzahem, Hassan al-Sari, Sabah Muzahem and Tourhan Mazhar will be state ministers in the new line up,” he added. On Nov. 25, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani officially asked incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form the country’s next government after the rival political blocs approved earlier a power-sharing deal that ended the eight-month political deadlock. According to the Iraqi constitution, Maliki has to pick his cabinet within 30 days after his official nomination as prime minister-designate by the president. The new government and its programs will have to win the approval of an absolute majority of the members of the parliament. SH (S)/SR 19