Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. XLIX
No 1/2
2/9-January-2006
IRAQ
Ahmad Chalabi Assumes Oil Ministry Control After Bahr al-'Ulum Resignation
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi, in his capacity as head of Iraqs Energy Council, which was formed last year (MEES, 23 May 2005), on 30 December assumed control of the Oil Ministry. This followed the resignation of the incumbent minister, Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum, who had strongly objected to a government decision earlier in December to raise fuel prices and...
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