| COUNCIL MEMBERS
Shia
Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Daawa Islamic Party
Ezzedine Salim, Daawa Islamic Party
Iyad Allawi, Iraqi National Accord
Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi National Congress
Mohammed Bahr al-Ulloum, cleric from Najaf
Hamid Majid Mousa, Communist Party
Ahmed al-Barak, human rights activist
Raja Habib al-Khuzaai, southern tribal leader
Wael Abdul Latif, Basra governor
Mouwafak al-Rabii, doctor, author and human rights activist
Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, Hezbollah from Amara
Aquila al-Hashimi, foreign affairs expert - Ms al-Hasimi was assassinated in September. She died five days after receiving gunshot wounds in an attack on a convoy she was travelling in.
Sunni
Adnan Pachachi, former foreign minister
Naseer al-Chaderchi, National Democratic Party
Mohsen Abdel Hamid, Iraqi Islamic Party
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, northern tribal figure
Samir Shakir Mahmoud
Kurds
Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan Democratic Party (Sunni Kurd)
Jalal Talabani, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Sunni Kurd)
Salaheddine Bahaaeddin, Kurdistan Islamic Union (Sunni Kurd)
Mahmoud Othman, Kurdish Socialist Party (Sunni Kurd)
Dara Noor al-Din, judge (Sunni Kurd)
Assyrian Christian
Younadem Kana, Assyrian Democratic Movement
Turkmen
Sondul Chapouk, teacher and engineer
CABINET MEMBERS
Shia
Agriculture: Abdel Amir Abbud Rahima, National Democratic Party
Communications: Haidar al-Abbadi, supporter of Daawa Party
Culture: Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi, Iraqi Communist Party
Education: Alaa Abdessaheb al-Alwan, former World Health Organisation official
Health: Khodayyir Abbas, supporter of Daawa Party
Immigration: Mohammad Jassem Khodayyir, Sciri/Daawa
Labour and Social Affairs: Sami Azara al-Majun, tribal leader, formerly Iraqi National Congress, now head of National Reform Movement
Oil: Ibrahim Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, son of Shia cleric Mohammed Bahr al-Ulloum
Planning: Mahdi al-Hafez, Iraqi Independent Democrats
Trade: Ali Allawi, businessman
Youth and Sports: Ali Faek al-Ghadban, supporter of Sciri
Sunni
Electricity: Ayham al-Samarrai, Iraqi Independent Democrats
Finance: Kamel al-Kilani
Higher Education: Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad, Iraqi Islamic Party
Interior: Samir Shakir Mahmoud Sumaidy
Justice: Hisham Abderrahman Shibli, National Democratic Party (Sunni)
Kurds
Foreign Affairs: Hoshyar Zebari, Kurdistan Democratic Party
Public Works: (Ms) Nisrin Mustafa al-Barwari, previously a minister in Kurdish regional government
Environment: Abderrahman Sadik Karim, engineer
Industry and Mines: Mohammad Tufik Rahim, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Water Resources: Latif Rashid, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Turkmen
Reconstruction and Housing: Bayan Baqer Sulagh, Shia Turkmen, Sciri
Technology: Rashad Mandan Omar, Sunni Turkmen, engineer
Christian
Transport: Bahnam Zaya Bulos, civil engineer
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