Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 44

2-Nov-2009

IRAQ

Hawrami Survives In New KRG Government

Ashti Hawrami will continue as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources in the new cabinet formed by KRGs incoming Prime Minister, Barham Salih. Mr Hawrami, who has been the architect of the KRGs independent oil strategy, was widely expected to remain, despite a scandal over his involvement in the purchase and resale of shares of KRG investor DNO and reputedly a less than...