The government is not yet complete… Parliament votes on 11 ministers and 3 deputy prime ministers
The Iraqi parliament voted on Thursday evening to approve three deputy prime ministers, including Ali al-Zaidi, and 11 candidates for vacant ministerial posts, including a minister of state. Iraqeconomic news
This came during the 26th session held by Parliament, chaired by Speaker Hebat Al-Halbousi, and attended by 261 members of parliament.
The media office of the House of Representatives said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that the members of the council voted on the deputy prime ministers, namely Mohsen Ali Akbar Al-Mandalawi, Laith Hadi Sayed Al-Khazali, and Muhammad Ali Tamim.
As for the ministers, Yasser Abdul Sakheel Mohammed Al-Maliki was voted on as Minister of the Interior, Nayef Mukeef Shanan Al-Shammari as Minister of Defense, Qutaiba Ghazi Majeed Hamid as Minister of Planning, Haider Bahaa Saheb Al-Husseini as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Yassin Mohammed Hamad Al-Ithawi as Minister of Culture.
The following were also voted on: Ribaz Mohammed Abdullah Hamlan as Minister of Construction, Housing and Municipalities, Mohammed Raad Jawad Al-Mousawi as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Safaa Mahdi Saleh Al-Kinani as Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohammed Saheb Al-Daraji as Minister of Digital Economy, Governance, Science and Technology, Ali Abdul Hadi Mohammed Al-Dakhili as Minister of Tourism, and Mohammed Samaan Kanaan Youssef as Minister of State.
Following that, the Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers took the constitutional oath before the House of Representatives, and then the session was adjourned.
According to a parliamentary source speaking to Shafaq News Agency, political disagreements prevented members of parliament from voting on the fourth deputy prime minister, as well as on the nominee for the Ministry of Migration and Displacement.
Shafaq.com