CABINET

Ministers appointed to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s seventh cabinet on 5 April 2012, listed alphabetically by ministry:

 

Prime Minister

Nechirvan Idris Barzani

 

Deputy Prime Minister

Imad Ahmad Sayfour

 

Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources   

Serwan Baban

 

Minister of Culture and Youth  

Kawa Mahmoud Shakir

 

Minister of Education   

Asmat Muhamad Khalid

 

Minister of Electricity   

Yasin Sheikh Abu Bakir Muhammad Mawati

 

Minister of Endowment & Religious Affairs       

Kamil Ali Aziz

 

Minister of Finance & the Economy      

Bayiz Saeed Mohammad Talabani

 

Minister of Health         

Rekawt Hama Rasheed

 

Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research        

Ali Saeed

 

Minister of Housing and Reconstruction             

Kamaran Ahmed Abdullah

 

Minister of Justice         

Sherwan Haidary

 

Minister for the Interior             

Abdul Karim Sultan Sinjari

 

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs     

Ms Asos Najib Abdullah

 

Minister of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs   

Sabah Ahmed Mohamed (Mamosta Aram)

 

Minister of Municipalities and Tourism

Dilshad Shahab

 

Minister of Natural Resources 

Abdullah Abdulrahman Abdullah (Ashti Hawrami)

 

Minister of Peshmerga Affairs 

Jafar Mustafa Ali

 

Minister of Planning     

Ali Sindi

 

Minister of Trade and Industry

Sinan Abdulkhalq Ahmed Çelebi

 

Minister of Transport and Communications      

Jonson Siyaoosh

 

Other senior officials with ministerial rank:

 

President, Divan of the Council of Ministers     

Fawzi Franso Toma Hariri

 

Secretary of the Cabinet            

Mohammad Qaradaghi

 

Head of the Department of Foreign Relations

Falah Mustafa Bakir

 

Chairman of the Investment Board       

Herish Muharam

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