Kurdistan Regional Government.
The democratically elected Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) exercises executive power according to the Kurdistan Region’s laws, as enacted by the Kurdistan Parliament. The current government, led by Prime Minister Barham Salih, assumed office on 28 October 2009. His Deputy is Mr Azad Barwari.
The government coalition consists of several political parties, reflecting the diversity of the Region’s people, who are Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldeans, Assyrians, Syriac, Yazidis and others living together in harmony and tolerance.
The cabinet is made up of members of the Kurdistani List coalition, which won the region’s parliamentary elections in July 2009, together with other parties. The coalition government consists of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kurdistan Islamic Movement, the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council, Turkmen representatives, Communists and Socialists. The government has 19 ministries.
The KRG is based in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. It administers the governorates of Erbil, Suleimaniah and Dohuk.
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources: www.moawr-krg.org
Current Minister: Jamil Sleiman Haider
Ministry of Culture and Youth Kawa
Current Minister: Mahmoud Shakir
Ministry of Education: www.kurdistan-moe.org
Current Minister: Safeen Mohsin Dizayee
Ministry of Electricity: www.krgelectric.org
Current Minister: Yasin Sheikh Abu Bakir Muhammad Mawati
Ministry of Endowment & Religious Affairs: www.merakrg.org
Current Minister: Kamil Ali Aziz
Ministry of Finance & the Economy: www.mof-krg.org
Current Minister: Bayiz Saeed Mohammad Talabani
Ministry of Health
Current Minister: Taher Abdullah Hussein Hawrami
Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research: www.mhe-krg.org
Current Minister: Dlawer A.A. Ala’Aldeen
Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction
Current Minister: Kamaran Ahmed Abdullah
Ministry of Justice: www.mojkurdistan.com
Current Minister: Raouf Rashid Abdulrahman
Ministry for the Interior
Current Minister: Karim Sinjari (Abdul Karim Sultan Sinjari)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs: www.molsa-krg.com
Current Minister: Ms Asos Najib Abdullah
Ministry of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs: www.momakrg.org
Current Minister: Majid Hamad Amin Jamil
Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism: www.mom-krg.org
Current Minister: Samir Abdullah Mustafa
Ministry of Natural Resources
Current Minister: Abdullah Abdulrahman Abdullah (Ashti Hawrami)
Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs:
Current Minister: Jafar Mustafa Ali
Ministry of Planning: www.mop-krg.org
Current Minister: Ali Sindi
Ministry of Trade and Industry: www.kurdistanmot.com
Current Minister: Sinan Abdulkhalq Ahmed Chalabi
Minister of Transport and Communications: www.moc-krg.com
Current Minister: Anwar Jabali Sabo