May 21, 2006	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 22, 1427

BAGHDAD, May 20: Iraq on Saturday announced its new government, although only interim appointees were named to three crucial security posts.

The government includes 37 ministers and state secretaries, including three women.

Here is a list of the new government:

Prime Minister, interim interior minister: Nuri Al Maliki

Deputy Prime Minister, interim defence minister: Salam Al Zaubai

Deputy Prime Minister, interim state secretary for national security: Barham Saleh

Foreign Minister: Hoshyar Zebari

Oil Minister: Hussein Shahristani

Finance Minister: Bayan Jabr Solagh

Electricity Minister: Karim Wahid

Justice Minister: Hashem al Shibli

Education Minister: Khodeir al Khuzai

Higher Education Minister: Abed Diab al Ujaili

Health Minister: Ali al-Shemri

Commerce Minister: Abdelfalah al-Sudani

Agriculture Minister: Yorob Nazem al-Abbudi

Industry Minister: Fawzi Hariri

Construction and Housing Minister: Bayan Dzeyyi

Transport Minister: Karim Mehdi Saleh

Planning Minister: Ali Baban

Work and Social Affairs Minister: Mahmud Jawad al-Radi

Communication Minister: Tawfik Allawi.—Reuters