Here are the 37 members of Iraq's cabinet sworn in May, 3, 2005. Seven posts remain undecided.
Cabinet Leaders: Prime minister: Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Shiite Arab Deputy prime minister: Rowsch Nouri Shaways, Kurd Deputy prime minister: Ahmad Chalabi, Shiite Arab Two deputy prime ministers undecided.
Shiites: Finance minister: Ali Allawi Interior minister: Bayan Baqir Jabr Housing and construction minister: Jassim Mohammed Jaafar Education minister: Abdul Falah Hassan Higher education minister: Sami al-Mudafar Health minister: Abdel Mutalib Mohammed Agriculture minister: Ali al-Bahadli Justice minister: Abdel Hussein Shandal Transport minister: Salam al-Maliki Migration minister: Suhaila Abed Jaafar, female Minister of state for national security: Abdul Karim al-Inazi Minister of state for civil society affairs: Alaa Habib Minister of state for national assembly: Safa al-Din al-Safi Youth and sports minister: Talib Aziz Zayni
Kurds: Foreign minister: Hoshyar Zebari Trade minister: Abdel Basit Karim Planning and development cooperation minister: Barham Salih Communications minister: Jwan Fouad Maasoum, female Labor and social affairs minister: Idris Hadi Water resources minister: Abdul Latif Rashid Municipalities and public works minister: Nasreen Berwari, female Environment minister: Narmin Othman, female
Sunni Arabs: Culture minister: Nouri Farhan al-Rawi Minister of state for women affairs: Azhar Abdel-Karim, female Minister of state for provincial affairs: Saad al-Hardan Minister of state for tourism and archaeology affairs: Hashim al-Hashimi
Christian: Science and technology minister: Bassima Youssef, female
Temporary Positions: Acting defense minister: al-Jaafari (expected to go to a Sunni) Acting electricity minister: Shaways (expected to go to a Shiite) Acting oil minister: Chalabi (expected to go to a Shiite) Acting human rights minister: Othman (expected to go to a Sunni) Acting industry and minerals minister: Muslih al-Jubburi (expected to go to a Kurd)
