VOL. XXX

NO. 25

30-MARCH-1987

IRAQ

'Isam al-Chalabi Appointed Oil Minister; al-Oraibi Receives Heavy IndustryPortfolio

A presidential decree issued in Baghdad on 23 March ap- pointed Mr. 'Isam 'Abdal-Rahim al-Chalabi as Minister of Oil succeeding Mr. Qasim Taqi al-Oraibi whobecomes Minister of Heavy Industry. In other cabinet changes, Mr. MuhammadHamzah, a member of the regional command of the Ba'th party, was appointedMinister of Transport and Communications.

Mr. Chalabi was born in 1942 and...