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The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) was the provisional government of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 from July 13, 2003 to June 1, 2004. It was established by and served under the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-led Coalition Provisional Authority
Coalition Provisional Authority

The Coalition Provisional Authority ???? ???????? ??????? was established as a transitional government following the invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom and the other members of the coalition of the willing which was formed to oust the government of Saddam Hussein in 2003....
 (CPA). The IGC consisted of various Iraqi political, religious, and tribal leaders who were appointed by the CPA to provide advice and leadership of the country until the June 2004 transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government
Iraqi Interim Government

The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the Multinational force in Iraq as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 conducted on January 30, 2005....
 (which was replaced in May 2005 by the Iraqi Transitional Government
Iraqi Transitional Government

The Iraqi Transitional Government was the government of Iraq from May 3rd, 2005, when it replaced the Iraqi Interim Government, until May 20th, 2006, when it was replaced by the Government of Iraq from 2006....
, which was then replaced the following year by the first permanent government).

The Council's ethnic and religious breakdown included 13 Shi'ites, five Sunni Arabs
Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the Demographics of Islam Divisions of Islam of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa?l-Jama?ah or Ahl as-Sunnah for short....
, five Kurds (also Sunnis), one ethnic Turk
Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are Eurasian peoples residing in northern, central and western Eurasia, and who mostly speak languages belonging to the Turkic languages....
 and an Assyrian
Assyrian people

The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent, their Assyrian/Syriac homeland today being divided between Northern Iraq, Syria, Western Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia....
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The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) was the provisional government of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 from July 13, 2003 to June 1, 2004. It was established by and served under the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-led Coalition Provisional Authority
Coalition Provisional Authority

The Coalition Provisional Authority ???? ???????? ??????? was established as a transitional government following the invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom and the other members of the coalition of the willing which was formed to oust the government of Saddam Hussein in 2003....
 (CPA). The IGC consisted of various Iraqi political, religious, and tribal leaders who were appointed by the CPA to provide advice and leadership of the country until the June 2004 transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government
Iraqi Interim Government

The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the Multinational force in Iraq as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 conducted on January 30, 2005....
 (which was replaced in May 2005 by the Iraqi Transitional Government
Iraqi Transitional Government

The Iraqi Transitional Government was the government of Iraq from May 3rd, 2005, when it replaced the Iraqi Interim Government, until May 20th, 2006, when it was replaced by the Government of Iraq from 2006....
, which was then replaced the following year by the first permanent government).

The Council's ethnic and religious breakdown included 13 Shi'ites, five Sunni Arabs
Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the Demographics of Islam Divisions of Islam of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa?l-Jama?ah or Ahl as-Sunnah for short....
, five Kurds (also Sunnis), one ethnic Turk
Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are Eurasian peoples residing in northern, central and western Eurasia, and who mostly speak languages belonging to the Turkic languages....
 and an Assyrian
Assyrian people

The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent, their Assyrian/Syriac homeland today being divided between Northern Iraq, Syria, Western Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia....
. Three of its members were women.

In September 2003, the Iraqi Governing Council gained regional recognition from the Arab League
Arab League

The Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North Africa and Horn of Africa....
, which agreed to seat its representative in Iraq's chair at its meetings. On June 1, 2004, the Council dissolved after choosing member Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer a member of the Shammar tribe was a Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government of 2005?2006, and was President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005....
 as the president of the new Iraq interim government. Full sovereignty was transferred to the interim government (and the CPA dissolved) on June 28.

General information

Though subject to the authority of the CPA administrator Paul Bremer, the council had several key powers of its own. Their duties included appointing representatives to the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
, appointing interim ministers to Iraq's vacant cabinet positions, and drafting a temporary constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
, the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL). The TAL spelled out the provisions which were to govern the Iraqi Interim Government
Iraqi Interim Government

The Iraqi Interim Government was created by the Multinational force in Iraq as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until the Iraqi Transitional Government was installed following the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 conducted on January 30, 2005....
, and the timeline for holding elections to a National Assembly, drafting of a permanent constitution to be voted on by the Iraqi people, and elections to a permanent government.

Despite having to answer to the CPA, different factions took on controversial stands. Religious hardliners won a solid victory when Directive 137 was passed on December 29, 2003. Passed by the council in less than 15 minutes, it replaced Iraq's former secular family law code with Shari'a
Sharia

Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law. The term means "way" or "path to the water source"; it is the legal framework within which the public and private aspects of life are regulated for those living in a legal system based on Fiqh and for Muslims living outside the domain....
 family law. This move met with wide protest among many Iraqi women fearful of how it will affect their freedom to make their own decisions about marriage, divorce, alimony, and many other issues where Iraq used to be a leader in the Arab world for women's rights
Feminism

Feminism is the belief that women should have equal political, social, sexual, intellectual and economic rights to men. It involves various movements, Theory, and philosophies, all concerned with issues of gender difference, that advocate equality for women and that campaign for women's rights and interests....
. Other legislation passed by the council included declaring the day that Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 fell to be a national holiday, voting to establish a tribunal to try former government leaders, and banning television stations which are deemed to be supportive of the resistance. A new flag
Flag of Iraq

The flag of Iraq has had five different designs since the Kingdom of Iraq was established in 1921. The current flag was adopted in 2008 for a year and is intended to be an interim measure until a permanent solution to the flag issue is found....
 chosen by the council for post-Saddam Iraq created much controversy, in part because of the similarity of color and design with the flag of Israel
Flag of Israel

The flag of Israel was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the country's establishment. It depicts a blue Star of David on a white background, between two horizontal blue stripes....
, and the flag was not adopted.

According to the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period
Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period

The Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period , the Iraqi provisional constitution in the immediate postwar period, was signed on March 8, 2004 by the Iraqi Governing Council....
, the interim constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
 that the Council approved, the Council would cease to function after June 30, 2004, at which point full sovereignty would return to Iraq, and the government will be handed over to a new, sovereign interim government. Instead, the council chose to dissolve itself prematurely.

Presidents of Iraqi Governing Council


Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (1st time, acting) 13 July 2003 31 July 2003 Non-party
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Ibrahim al-Jaafari

Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamzah al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the Iraqi legislative election, 2005....
 		 1 August 2003 31 August 2003 Islamic Dawa Party
Islamic Dawa Party

The Islamic Dawa Party or Islamic Call Party is, historically, a militant Shia Islamic group and, presently, an Iraqi Conservatism political party....
Ahmed Chalabi
Ahmed Chalabi

Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi was interim oil minister in Iraq in April 2005-May 2005 and December 2005-January 2006 and deputy prime minister from May 2005 until May 2006....
 		 1 September 2003 30 September 2003 Iraqi National Congress
Iraqi National Congress

The Iraqi National Congress is an umbrella Iraqi opposition group led by Ahmed Chalabi. It was formed with the aid and direction of the United States government following the Gulf War, for the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein....
Iyad Allawi
Iyad Allawi

Ayad Allawi is an Iraqi politician, and was the Ad interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's Iraqi legislative election, 2005. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, the politically secular Shia Muslim became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which was established by U.S.-led coalit...
 		 1 October 2003 31 October 2003 Iraqi National Accord
Iraqi National Accord

The Iraqi National Accord is an Iraqi political party founded by Iyad Allawi and Salah Omar Al-Ali in 1991. Al-Ali subsequently left the party after he realised the extent of Allawi's links to foreign intelligence agencies, mainly the C.I.A....
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani is the current President of Iraq and a leading Kurds politician.Talabani is the founder and secretary general of one of the main Iraqi Kurdish people political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ....
 		 1 November 2003 30 November 2003 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is a Kurdish political party in Iraqi Kurdistan....
Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim 1 December 2003 31 December 2003 Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq is an Political parties in Iraq. Its political support comes from the country's Shi'a Islam Muslim community and the Islamic Republic of Iran....
Adnan Pachachi
Adnan Pachachi

Adnan Pachachi , is an Iraqi politician.Pachachi, the son of Muzahim al-Pachachi, is the scion of a Sunni Arab family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics and a graduate from Victoria College, Alexandria in Egypt....
 		 1 January 2004 31 January 2004 Assembly of Independent Democrats
Assembly of Independent Democrats

The Assembly of Independent Democrats is an electoral coalition that participated in the January 30, 2005 Iraqi legislative election, 2005 in Iraq....
Mohsen Abdel Hamid
Mohsen Abdel Hamid

Mohsen Abdel Hamid is an Iraqi politician and Islamic scholar who was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council , created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq....
 		 1 February 2004 29 February 2004 Iraqi Islamic Party
Iraqi Islamic Party

The Iraqi Islamic Party is a Sunni Islam Islamist political party in Iraq originating from the Arab region. The party is currently part of the Government of Iraq from 2006 of Nouri al-Maliki....
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (2nd time) 1 March 2004 31 March 2004 Non-party
Massoud Barzani
Massoud Barzani

Masoud Barzani is the current President of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq....
 		 1 April 2004 30 April 2004 Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Democratic Party

Kurdistan Democratic Party may refer to:*Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq, an Iraqi Kurdish political party*Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, an Iranian Kurdish political party...
Ezzedine Salim
Ezzedine Salim

Ezzedine Salim, , also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed , was an Iraqi politician. Born in the city of Basra, he began studying religion and politics at a young age....
 		 1 May 2004 17 May 2004 Islamic Dawa Party
Islamic Dawa Party

The Islamic Dawa Party or Islamic Call Party is, historically, a militant Shia Islamic group and, presently, an Iraqi Conservatism political party....
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer a member of the Shammar tribe was a Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government of 2005?2006, and was President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005....
 		 17 May 2004 28 June 2004 Non-party


Council Members

  • Samir Shakir Mahmoud
  • Sondul Chapouk
    Sondul Chapouk

    Sondul Chapouk was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was the only Turk and one of only three women in the council....
  • Ahmed Chalabi
    Ahmed Chalabi

    Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi was interim oil minister in Iraq in April 2005-May 2005 and December 2005-January 2006 and deputy prime minister from May 2005 until May 2006....
     (p)
  • Naseer al-Chaderchi
    Naseer al-Chaderchi

    Naseer Kamel al-Chaderchi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. al-Chaderchi is a Sunni Muslim and the leader of the National Democratic Party ....
  • Adnan Pachachi
    Adnan Pachachi

    Adnan Pachachi , is an Iraqi politician.Pachachi, the son of Muzahim al-Pachachi, is the scion of a Sunni Arab family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics and a graduate from Victoria College, Alexandria in Egypt....
     (p)
  • Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum (p)
  • Massoud Barzani
    Massoud Barzani

    Masoud Barzani is the current President of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq....
     (p)
  • Jalal Talabani
    Jalal Talabani

    Jalal Talabani is the current President of Iraq and a leading Kurds politician.Talabani is the founder and secretary general of one of the main Iraqi Kurdish people political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ....
     (p)- first and current President of Iraq
    President of Iraq

    The President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." The President is elected by the Council of Representatives by a two-thirds majority, and...
  • Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (p)
  • Ahmed al-Barak
    Ahmed al-Barak

    Amed Shya'a al-Barak was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq and dissolved in June 2004....
  • Ibrahim al-Jaafari
    Ibrahim al-Jaafari

    Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamzah al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the Iraqi legislative election, 2005....
     (p)- served as second interim Prime Minister of Iraq
    Prime Minister of Iraq

    The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament....
  • Raja Habib al-Khuzaai
    Raja Habib al-Khuzaai

    Raja Habib al-Khuzaai was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq, and one of only three women on the serving on the governing body....
  • Aquila al-Hashimi (died following assassination
    Assassination

    Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure. Assassinations may be prompted by ideology, politics, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by contract killing, revenge, or celebrity or may be mental disorder....
     attack on September 25, 2003)    ; replaced by Salama al-Khufaji
    Salama al-Khufaji

    Salama al-Khufaji was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was appointed on 8 December 2003 to hold the seat formerly held by Aquila al-Hashimi, who was assassinated in September 2003....
     on December 8
  • Younadem Kana
  • Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
    Salaheddine Bahaaeddin

    Salaheddin Muhammad Bahaaddin Sadiq is a Kurdish people Iraqi politician.He was born in Tawela, a town referring to Halabja. He is a graduate of The House of Teachers 1969....
  • Mahmoud Othman
    Mahmoud Othman

    Dr Mahmoud Ali Othman was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party ....
  • Hamid Majid Mousa
    Hamid Majid Mousa

    Hamid Majid Mousa was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq, and currently holds a seat on the National Assembly of Iraq under Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National List....
  • Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
    Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

    Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer a member of the Shammar tribe was a Vice President of Iraq under the Iraqi Transitional Government of 2005?2006, and was President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005....
     (p) - Final council president, served as interim President of Iraq
    President of Iraq

    The President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." The President is elected by the Council of Representatives by a two-thirds majority, and...
  • Ezzedine Salim
    Ezzedine Salim

    Ezzedine Salim, , also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed , was an Iraqi politician. Born in the city of Basra, he began studying religion and politics at a young age....
     (p) (died in car bomb on May 17, 2004)
  • Mohsen Abdel Hamid
    Mohsen Abdel Hamid

    Mohsen Abdel Hamid is an Iraqi politician and Islamic scholar who was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council , created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq....
     (p)
  • Iyad Allawi
    Iyad Allawi

    Ayad Allawi is an Iraqi politician, and was the Ad interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's Iraqi legislative election, 2005. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, the politically secular Shia Muslim became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which was established by U.S.-led coalit...
     (p) - served as first interim Prime Minister of Iraq
    Prime Minister of Iraq

    The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraq's head of government. Prime Minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament....
  • Wael Abdul Latif
    Wael Abdul Latif

    Wael Abdul Latif is an Iraqi politician from the secular Iraqi National List coalition. He was the Minister of Provincial Affairs in the Iraqi Interim Government created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq....
  • Mowaffak al-Rubaie
  • Dara Noor Alzin
    Dara Noor Alzin

    Dara Noor Alzin was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Sunni Kurd, Alzin was a judge who ruled that an edict of Saddam Hussein's government which allowed confiscation of land without proper compensation was unconstitutional....
  • Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
    Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi

    Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq....


The presidency of Iraq rotated monthly among nine members of the council. A (p) marks those members above. (See President of Iraq
President of Iraq

The President of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq and "safeguards the commitment to the Constitution and the preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, unity, the security of its territories in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." The President is elected by the Council of Representatives by a two-thirds majority, and...
.)

Cabinet

On September 1, 2003, the council named its first cabinet. They were:

  • Minister of Communications — Haidar al-Abbadi
    Haidar al-Abbadi

    Haider al-Abadi is an Iraqi politician and spokesman for the Islamic Call Party or Islamic Dawa Party.He was appointed Minister of Communications in the Iraqi Governing Council on 2003-09-01....
  • Minister of Public Works — Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq Berwari
  • Minister of Construction and Housing — Bayan Baqir Solagh
  • Minister of the Environment — Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kareem
  • Minister of Trade — Ali Adbul-Amir Allawi
  • Minister of Planning — Mahdi al-Hafidh
  • Minister of Education — Alaudin Abdul-Saheb al-Alwan
  • Minister of Higher Education — Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Aswad
  • Minister of Culture — Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jazaeri
  • Minister of Human Rights — Abdul-Basit Turki (resigned April 2004)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs — Hoshyar Zebari
    Hoshyar Zebari

    Hoshyar Zebari is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan....
  • Minister of Interior — Nori al-Badran (resigned April 2004 and replaced by Samir Sumaidaie
    Samir Sumaidaie

    Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumayda'ie is an Iraqi politician and the Iraqi ambassador to the United States. He was born in Baghdad in 1944 and left Iraq in 1960 to study in the United Kingdom where he obtained a degree in electrical engineering from Durham University in 1965 and a postgraduate diploma in 1966....
    )
  • Minister of Agriculture — Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima
  • Minister of Sport and Youth — Ali Faik al-Ghadban
    Ali Faik al-Ghadban

    Ali Faik al-Ghadban was Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim Government....
  • Minister of Health — Dr. Khudayer Abbas
  • Minister of Industry and Minerals — Mohammed Tawfik Raheem
  • Minister of Justice — Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli
  • Minister of Science and Technology — Rashad Mandan Omar
    Rashad Mandan Omar

    Rashad Mandan Omar was Minister of Science and Technology in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim Government....
  • Minister of Work and Social Affairs — Sami Izara al-Majoun
  • Minister of Electricity — Ayham al-Samaraie
  • Minister of Finance — Kamil Mubdir al-Gailani
  • Minister of Immigration and Refugees — Mohammed Jassem Khudair
  • Minister of Water Resources — Abdul-Latif Rashid
  • Minister of Oil — Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Uloum
  • Minister of Transport — Behnam Zayya Polis


The Saddam-era positions of Minister of Defense and Minister of Information were dissolved.

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