Iraq PM Abdul-Mahdi has named his final 8 ministers: MPs

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Adil Abdul-Mahdi, the prime minister of Iraq, has named his final eight ministers, completing his cabinet after weeks of delay, members of the Iraqi parliament have told Rudaw.

They say the appointments are as follows:

Dara Nuradin – Ministry of Justice 

Falih Fayadh – Ministry of Interior

Faysal Jarba – Ministry of Defense

Qusay Abdulwahab Suheil – Ministry of Higher Education

Saba Khayradin Tani – Ministry of Education

Abdulamir Hamdani – Ministry of Culture

Nouri Natiq Dlemi – Ministry of Planning

Hanna Immanuel Gorgis – Ministry of Immigrants and Immigration

Dara Nuradin, who took the justice brief, is an independent Kurdish politician. 

 

The Iraqi parliament's media announced the legislative body intends to hold a session at noon on Tuesday. It will include the formation of a committee on the privatization of energy distribution and a vote to finalize the ministry posts.

Update 8:43 a.m., December 4, 2018