VOL. XLIV

No 31

30-July-2001

IRAQ

New Cabinet Appointment In Iraq

Iraqi President Saddam Husain issued a decree on 25July appointing 'Abd al-Tawab Mulla Huwaish, the Minister of MilitaryIndustrialization, as deputy prime minister. Mr Huwaish will retain his presentportfolio while becoming the 5th Iraqi deputy prime minister alongwith Vice President Taha Yasin Ramadhan, acting Foreign Minister Tariq 'Aziz,Finance Minister Hikmat al-'Azzawi and head of the Presidential Diwan AhmadHusain Khudair.