Members of The Interim Government
As appointed on 28 June 2004:
- President: Ghazi Yawer (Sunni Arab tribal leader)
- Prime Minister: Iyad Allawi (Iraqi National Accord)
- Vice-President: Ibrahim Jaafari (Islamic Dawa Party)
- Vice-President: Rowsch Shaways (Kurdistan Democratic Party)
- Deputy Prime Minister for National Security: Barham Salih (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan)
- Foreign Minister: Hoshyar Zebari (Kurdistan Democratic Party)
- Finance Minister: Adel Abdul Mahdi (SCIRI)
- Defence Minister: Hazem Shalan al-Khuzaei (Iraqi National Congress)
- Interior Minister: Falah Hassan al-Naqib
- Minister of Oil: Thamir Ghadhban
- Minister of Justice: Malik Dohan al-Hassan
- Minister of Human Rights: Bakhityar Amin
- Minister of Electricity: Ayham al-Samarie
- Minister of Health: Alaa Abdessaheb al-Alwan
- Minister of Communication: Mohammed Ali Hakim
- Minister of Housing: Omar Farouk
- Minister of Public Works: Nesreen Mustafa Berwari
- Minister of Science and Technology: Rashad Mandan Omar
- Minister of Planning: Mahdi al-Hafez
- Minister of Trade: Mohammed al-Joubri
- Minister of Sport and Youth: Ali Faik al-Ghaban
- Minister of Transportation: Louei Hatim Sultan al-Aris
- Minister of Provincial Affairs: Wael Abdel-Latif
- Minister of Women's Affairs: Narmin Othman
- Minister of Immigration and Refugees: Pascal Esho Warda
- Minister of Irrigation: Latif Rashid
- Minister of Labour: Leila Abdul-Latif
- Minister of Education: Sami Mudahfar
- Minister of Higher Education: Tahir Albakaa
- Minister of Agriculture: Sawsan Sherif
- Minister of Culture: Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi
- Minister of Industry: Hajim al-Hassani
- Minister of State: Qassim Dawoud
- Minister of State: Mamu Farham Othman Pirali
- Minister of State: Adnan al-Janabi
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