Cabinet
On September 1, 2003, the council named its first cabinet. They were:
- Minister of Communications — Haidar al-Abbadi
- Minister of Public Works — Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq Berwari
- Minister of Construction and Housing — Bayan Baqir Solagh
- Minister of the Environment — Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kareem
- Minister of Trade — Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi
- Minister of Planning — Mahdi al-Hafidh
- Minister of Education — Alaudin Abdul-Saheb al-Alwan
- Minister of Higher Education — Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Aswad
- Minister of Culture — Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jazaeri
- Minister of Human Rights — Abdul-Basit Turki (resigned April 2004)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs — Hoshyar Zebari
- Minister of Interior — Nori al-Badran (resigned April 2004 and replaced by Samir Sumaidaie)
- Minister of Agriculture — Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima
- Minister of Sport and Youth — Ali Faik al-Ghadban
- Minister of Health — Dr. Khudayer Abbas
- Minister of Industry and Minerals — Mohammed Tawfik Raheem
- Minister of Justice — Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli
- Minister of Science and Technology — Rashad Mandan Omar
- Minister of Work and Social Affairs — Sami Izara al-Majoun
- Minister of Electricity — Ayham al-Samaraie
- Minister of Finance — Kamil Mubdir al-Gailani
- Minister of Immigration and Refugees — Mohammed Jassem Khudair
- Minister of Water Resources — Abdul-Latif Rashid
- Minister of Oil — Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Uloum
- Minister of Transport — Behnam Zayya Polis
The Saddam-era positions of Minister of Defense and Minister of Information were dissolved.
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