Kurds Appoint Own Oil Minister--Azzaman in English, Iraq

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1//Azzaman in English, Iraq April 17, 2006

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2006-04-17\154.htm



KURDS APPOINT OWN OIL MINISTER

By Sherzad Abdulrahman



The Kurdish regional government, cementing its semi-independent status, has created a new cabinet post to handle the region’s oil affairs.



Kurdish Prime Minister Nejervan Barzani has already nominated Seperyas Hurani to the oil portfolio.



Hurani’s nomination comes amid preparations to announce a new unified cabinet that will bring together the region’s two separate governments, one in Arbil and the other in Sulaimaniya.



Barzani, who will head the new joint government, is expected to present his cabinet to the unified Kurdish parliament this week.



The creation of an oil ministry in the region has angered the central government which has so far stopped the Kurds short from spreading their full control over the oil-rich region of Kirkuk.

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1. GOOD NEWS!

Iraqis have invented the concept of entrepenurial government!

:party: (This post is part of the George Bush GULF WAR GOOD NEWS initiative.)

[Oversea Visitor]

2. Aaaah

Looks like another long war this mess will be part of the future for a long long time