VOL. XXXIV

NO. 28

15-APRIL-1991

Iraq

Cabinet Reshuffle in Iraq

Iraqi President Saddam Husain last week appointed Mr. Husain Kamil, theformer Minister of Industry and Military Industrialization and Acting OilMinister, as Minister of Defense. Mr. Kamil, who is Mr. Saddam's cousin andson-in- law, is considered the second most powerful man in Iraq after thePresident. He replaces Lieutenant General Sa'di Tu'ma 'Abbas, who was appointedmilitary adviser to the President.

President Husain also appointed...