Prime minister: Nuri Kamal al-Maliki Shiite Deputy prime minister: Barham Salih Kurd Deputy prime minister: Salam al-Zubaie Sunni Arab Acting interior minister: Nuri Salam al-Maliki Acting defense minister: Salam al-Zubaie Oil minister: Hussein al-Shahristani Shiite Finance minister: Bayan Jabr Shiite Trade minister: Abed Falah al-Sudani Shiite Foreign minister: Hoshyar Zebari Kurd Justice minister: Hashim al-Shebli Sunni Arab Electricity minister: Karim Waheed Shiite Industry minister: Fawzi al-Hariri Kurd Water resources minister: Latif Rashid Kurd Housing and construction minister: Bayan Dazee Kurd Agriculture minister: Yarrub Nazim Shiite. Education minister: Khudayer Al-Khuzaie Shiite Higher education minister: Abed Theyab Sunni Arab Health minister: Ali Al-Shemari Shiite Transport minister: Karim Mahdi Shiite Migration minister: Abdul-Samad Rahman Shiite Acting minister of state for national security: Barham Salih Kurd Minister of state for civil society affairs: Adel al-Assadi Shiite Minister of state for House of Representatives affairs: Safa al-Safi Shiite Youth and sports minister: Jassim Mohammed Jaafar Shiite Minister of state for tourism and archaeology affairs: Liwa Semeism Shiite Planning and development cooperation minister: Ali Baban Sunni Arab Communications minister: Mohammad Tawfiq Shiite Labor and social affairs minister: Mahmoud Muhammad al-Radhi Shiite Municipalities and public works minister: Riyad Gharib Shiite Environment minister: Narmin Othman Kurd Culture minister: Assad Kamal Muhammad Kurd Minister of state for womens affairs: Fatin Abdel-Rahman Sunni Arab (female) Minister of state for provincial affairs: Saad Tahir Abid Sunni Arab Science and technology minister: Raed Fahmi Sunni Arab Human rights minister: Wijdan Mikaeil Christian (female) Minister of state for Foreign Affairs: Rafaa al-Esawi Sunni Arab Minister of national dialogue: Akram al-Hakim Shiite Minister of state: Mohammed Abbas Auraibi Shiite Minister of state: Ali Muhammad Ahmed Kurd Minister of state: Hassan Rhadi Khazim Shiite

Ministers approved by Iraqi Parliament on May 20, 2006.

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