Iraqi parliament approves cabinet nominees
Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved the nominees for deputy prime minister and for vacant and newly created ministries, completing Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi's cabinet.
Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi chaired the session, the 26th of the current term, with 261 lawmakers present, according to parliament's media department. Iraqi President Nizar Amedi, Al-Zaidi and the nominees attended.
The approved nominees are:
1. Deputy Prime Minister: Mohsen Ali Akbar al-Mandalawi
2. Deputy Prime Minister: Laith Hadi Sayyid al-Khazali
3. Deputy Prime Minister: Mohammed Ali Tamim
4. Interior Minister: Yasser Abd Sukhail Mohammed al-Maliki
5. Defense Minister: Nayef Mukayyif Shanan al-Shammari
6. Planning Minister: Qutaiba Ghazi Majeed Hameed
7. Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister: Haider Bahaa Saheb al-Husseini
8. Culture Minister: Yassin Mohammed Hamad al-Aithawi
9. Labor and Social Affairs Minister: Mohammed Raad Jawid al-Mousawi
10. Youth and Sports Minister: Safaa Mahdi Saleh al-Kinani
11. Digital Economy and Governance Minister: Mohammed Saheb al-Daraji
12. Tourism Minister: Ali Abdul Hadi Mohammed al-Dakhili
13. Minister of State: Mohammed Samaan Kanaan Yousef
The new deputy prime ministers and ministers took the constitutional oath before parliament, after which the session was adjourned.
Earlier on Thursday, a group of lawmakers rejected the creation of deputy prime minister posts and new ministries, saying they were based on partisan quota-sharing at a time when spending should be cut.
