List of Iraq's 37-member cabinet

    BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi parliament gave a greenlight to the new cabinet headed by Shiite leader Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday.

    It is the first full-term Iraqi government since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 toppled the Saddam Hussein regime.

    The following is the list of the 37-member cabinet, in which key portfolios of interior, defense and national security affairs are temporarily headed by acting ministers.

   Prime Minister: Nuri al-Maliki (Shiite)
   Deputy Prime Minister: Barham Salih (Kurd)
   Deputy Prime Minister: Salam Zigum Ali al-Zoubaie (Sunni)
   Oil Minister: Hussein al-Shahristani (Shiite)
   Finance Minister: Bayan Jabr Solagh (Shiite)
   Trade Minister: Abdul Falah al-Sudani (Shiite)
   Foreign Minister: Hoshyar Zebari (Kurd)
   Justice Minister: Hashim al-Shebli (Sunni)
   Electricity Minister: Karim Waheed (Shiite)
   Industry Minister: Fawzi al-Hariri (Kurd)
   Water Resources Minister: Latif Rashid (Kurd)
   Housing and Construction Minister: Bayan Dazae (Kurd)
   Agriculture Minister: Yaarub Nazim (Shiite)
   Education Minister: Khudhayer al-Khuzaie (Shiite)
   Higher Education Minister: Abed Theyab al-Ajili (Sunni)
   Health Minister: Ali al-Shemari (Shiite)
   Transport Minister: Karim Mahdi (Shiite)
   Migration Minister: Abdul-Samad Rahman (Shiite)
   Science and Technology Minister: Raed Fahmi (Sunni)
   Human Rights Minister: Wijdan Mikaeil (female, Christian)
   Youth and Sports Minister: Jassim Mohammed Jaafar (Shiite)
   Planning and Development Cooperation Minister: Ali Baban (Sunni)
   Communications Minister: Mohammed Twafiq (Shiite)
   Labor and Social Affairs Minister: Mahmoud Mohammed al-Radhi (Shiite)
   Municipalities and Public Works Minister: Riyad Gharib (Shiite)
   Environment Minister: Narmin Othman (Kurd)
   Culture Minister: Assad Kamal Mohammed (Kurd)
   Minister of National Dialogue: Akram al-Hakim (Shiite)
   Minister of State for Civil Society Affairs: Adel al-Assadi (Shiite)
   Minister of State for House of Representatives Affairs: Safaa al-Safi (Shiite)  
   Minister of State for Tourism and Archaeology Affairs: Liwaa Semeism (Shiite)  
   Minister of State for Woman Affairs: Fatin Abdel-Rahman (female,Sunni)
   Minister of State for Provincial Affairs: Saad Tahir Abid (Sunni)  
   Minister of State for Foreign Affairs: Rafie al-Esawi (Sunni)

   Minister of State: Mohammed Abbas Auraibi (Shiite)
   Minister of State: Ali Mohammed Ahmed (Kurd)
   Minister of State: Hassan Rhadi Khazim (Shiite)  

   Interior Minister (Acting): Nuri al-Maliki (Shiite)
   Defense Minister (Acting): Salam Zigum Ali al-Zoubaie (Sunni)
   Minister of State for National Security (Acting): Barham Saleh (Kurd)  Enditem