Members of Iraq's newly named Cabinet with ethnic and religious backgrounds noted.

Communications — Haider al-Ebadi, Shiite

Public Works — Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq Berwari, female, Kurd

Construction and Housing: Bayan Baqir Solagh, Shiite

Environment: Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kareem, Kurd

Trade — Ali Adbul-Amir Allawi, Shiite

Planning — Mahdi al-Hafidh, Shiite

Education — Alaudin Abdul-Saheb al-Alwan, Shiite

Higher Education — Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Aswad, Sunni

Culture — Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jazaeri, Shiite

Human Rights — Abdul-Basit Turki, Sunni

Foreign Affairs — Hoshyar Zebari, Kurd

Interior — Nori al-Badran, Shiite

Agriculture — Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima, Shiite

Sport and Youth — Ali Faik al-Ghadban, Shiite

Health — Dr. Khudayer Abbas, Shiite

Industry and Minerals — Mohammed Tawfik Raheem, Kurd

Justice — Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli, Sunni

Science and Technology — Rashad Mandan Omar, ethnic Turk

Work and Social Affairs — Sami Izara al-Majoun, Shiite

Electricity — Ayham al-Samaraie, Sunni

Finance — Kamil Mubdir al-Gailani, Sunni

Immigration and Refugees: Mohammed Jassem Khudair, Shiite

Water Resources — Abdul-Latif Rashid, Kurd

Oil — Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Uloum, Shiite

Transport — Behnam Zayya Polis, Assyrian Christian

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