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LIVE: Kurdistan Parliament convenes to vote on new KRG cabinet

LIVE Kurdistan Parliament convenes to vote on new KRG cabinet
LIVE: Kurdistan Parliament convenes to vote on new KRG cabinet

2019-07-10 00:00:00 - Source: kurdistan 24

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Parliament began its session on Wednesday to vote on the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet headed by Prime Minister-designate Masrour Barzani.

The cabinet is made of 19 ministries with three more posts that have equal ministerial entitlements.

The Kurdistan Region on Sept. 30 held parliamentary elections, which saw the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) increase its number of seats to 45, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) win 21 seats, and Gorran (Change) Movement secure 12.

After the Kurdistan Region's Parliament on June 11 named Masrour Barzani as prime minister-designate, with 87 votes out of 97 attending lawmakers, President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani on June 12 issued a formal letter asking him to form the new KRG cabinet within 30 days.

The following are the proposed list of the candidates for the new KRG cabinet:

  • Masrour Barzani (KDP) – Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
  • Qubad Talabani (PUK) – Deputy Prime Minister of the KRG
  • Farsat Ahmed Abdullah (KDP) – Minister of Justice
  • Shorsh Ismael Abdullah (Gorran) – Minister of Peshmerga
  • Rebar Ahmed Khalid (KDP) – Minister of Interior
  • Awat Janab Nouri Salih (Gorran) – Minister of Finance and Economy
  • Saman Hussein Mohammed Barzinji (KDP) – Minister of Health
  • Alan Hama-Saeed Salih Mohammed (KDP) – Minister of Education
  • Dana Abdulkarim Hama Salih Abdulrahman (Gorran) – Minister of Housing and Reconstruction
  • Sasan Osman Awni Habib (KDP) – Minister of Municipalities and Tourism
  • Aram Mohammed Qadir Amin (PUK) – Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
  • Dara Rashid Mahmoud (PUK) – Minister of Planning
  • Kwestan Mohammed Abdullah Marouf (Gorran) – Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
  • Mohammed Saeed Ali (PUK) – Minister of Culture and Youth
  • Abdullah Mahmoud San Ahmed (KSDP) – Minister of Martyrs and Anfal
  • Begard Dilshad Shukrllah (PUK) – Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Kamal Muslim Saeed Qarani (Gorran) – Minister of Trade and Industries
  • Ano Jawhar Abdulmasih Abdoka (Christian minority) – Minister of Transport and Communications
  • Pishtiwan Sadiq Abdullah (KDP) – Minister of Endowment and Religious Affairs
  • Kamal Mohammed Salih Khalil (KDP) – Minister of Electricity
  • Khalid Salam Saeed [Khalid Shwani] (PUK) – Region Minister
  • Aydin Marouf Salim (Turkmen minority) – Region Minister
  • Vala Fareed Ibrahim (KDP) – Region Minister

The number of female ministers has increased to three in the new cabinet, which was one in the previous government.

Updates to follow...





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