Iraqi Governing Council

The Iraqi Interim Governing Council, usually abbreviated as the Iraqi Governing Council, was the provisional government of Iraq established by the US-led multinational coalition from 2003 to 2004, consisted of various Iraqi political, religious, and tribal leaders who were appointed by the Coalition Provisional Authority to provide transitional leadership of the country to an eventual democratic state.

Cabinet

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

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September 1 - 2003

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• Minister of Communications — Haider al-Ebadi
• 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
• Minister of Interior — Nori al-Badran (resigned April 2004)
• Minister of Agriculture — Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima
• Minister of Sport and Youth — Ali Faik al-Ghadban
• 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
• 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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