IRAQ

Ministers of Finance and Heavy Industries Replaced

On 22 September, the Iraqi President, Mr. Saddam Husain, issued a decree reshuffling the Iraqi cabinet. The decree provides for the replacement of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Hisham Hasan Tawfiq, by the Head of the Iraqi Government Audit Office, Mr. Hikmat 'Umar al'Azzawi, and the replacement of the Minister of Heavy Industries, Mr. Qasim Ahmad Taqi al-Oraibi, by the Under-Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. 'Abd al-Tawwab...