VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 46

14-AUGUST-1995

Iraq

PresidentHusain Appoints New Industry Minister

Following thedefection to Jordan on 8 August of Lieutenant-General Husain Kamil, the IraqiMinister of Industry and Minerals and head of the Military IndustrializationCommission (MIC), Iraqi President Saddam Husain issued three decrees on 10August firing Mr. Kamil and appointing Mr. 'Adnan 'Abd al-Majid al-'Ani as newMinister of Industry and Minerals and Dr. 'Amir Rashid, the Minister of Oil, asacting head of the...