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Useful Primer on the Iraqi Cabinet
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Iraqi Govt Patchwork Alliance May Struggle to Survive
By Ranj Alaaldin, a Middle East political and security risk analyst based at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He visits the Middle East regularly and as part of his recent work on Iraq has visited the country on a number of fact-finding missions. Foreign Policy magazine recently listed him among its 100 […]
President Obama Comments on New Iraqi Government
The following is a statement from US President, Barack Obama, on the formation of the new Iraqi government: Today’s vote in the Council of Representatives is a significant moment in Iraq’s history and a major step forward in advancing national unity. I congratulate Iraq’s political leaders, the members of the Council of Representatives, and the […]
Full List of Iraq's New Cabinet
Following on from our listing on Monday of the main cabinet positions, we present a more complete line-up below, compiled from information sourced from Iraq Oil Report and Reuters. The official website of the Iraq cabinet has not published the official list, and has chosen instead to lead with an article about the importation of […]
Who's Who in the New Iraqi Cabinet
The following profiles of the top ministers ihttps://www.iraq-businessnews.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=14895&action=edit&message=10n the new Iraqi cabinet are based on information from Reuters and Associated Press: -Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki, Shiite, the current premier. Al-Maliki, 60, was first installed as prime minister as a compromise candidate in 2006 but barely hung onto the job this year when his political coalition […]
Iraq Parliament to Approve Cabinet on Tuesday
The Speaker of Iraq's parliament, Osama Nujaifi, and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, announced on Monday that the parliament will vote tomorrow [Tuesday] on the formation of a new cabinet, according to AKnews. "The committee that was set up by the parliament today to study the cabinet file and the government program will submit its report […]
Maliki to 'Unveil New Iraqi Cabinet on Monday'
Reuters, quoting 'senior officials', reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will unveil his new cabinet on Monday, retaining the oil minister who forged ambitious plans to turn the war-ravaged country into a top global oil producer. Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, a Shi'ite and former nuclear scientist, will be a key member of the new […]
Allawi to Pull Out of Power-Sharing Govt?
Ayad Allawi has reportedly threatened to quit the power-sharing government according to an interview with Britain's Times newspaper on Tuesday. "Power-sharing is not happening," Allawi said. "It is not set to work in a meaningful way... If it does not change, I will not participate." Despite his Iraqiya block narrowly winning elections in March, Allawi […]
Al-Maliki (Finally) Offered New Term as Prime Minister
We have just received news that Iraq's newly-appointed President, Jalal Talabani, has formally asked Nouri al-Maliki to accept the position of Prime Minister and form the next government. Following his appointment today (Thursday), al-Maliki will have 30 days in which to choose a cabinet. Maliki has reportedly asked Iraqi's to “turn over a new page, […]
Good News For Foreign Investors in Iraq
Iraq's newly-appointed President, Jalal Talabani (pictured), is apparently using his full allowance of 15 days to formally appoint a new Prime Minister, thus allowing the haggling over the details to continue. And while Nouri al-Maliki remains the 'agreed' candidate, we should never under-estimate the Iraqi parliament's ability to throw us a last-minute surprise. If al-Maliki […]
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DNO Chief: New Iraqi Govt Positive for Kurdish Oil Exports
Bloomberg reports that DNO International ASA, the Norwegian Oil company with operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, regards the formation of a new government in Iraq as an “important milestone” in paving the way for the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdish region. “Getting a government in place is a necessary step for this process to […]
News Flash: Allawi Walks Out of Parliament
Just as Iraq's politicians had finally hammered out a deal to create the next government, Ayad Allawi [Iyad Allawi] joined an estimated 57 Iraqiya MPs in walking out of the chamber. The parliament, meeting in only its second session since the election in March, had just elected as Speaker Osama al-Nejeifi [al-Nujaifi], a Sunni hard-liner […]