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The interim government that will run Iraq after the June 30 transfer of sovereignty took shape today, as U.N. officials in Baghdad announced the members of the government's presidential council and recommended the composition of a new cabinet to the country's prime minister-designate.
Lakhdar Brahimi, special envoy for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announced that Ghazi al-Yawar will be Iraq's president, and that Ibrahim Jaafari and Rowsch Shaways will serve as deputy presidents.
Brahimi also announced today that on May 31 he forwarded his recommendations for the composition of the new Iraqi cabinet to Prime Minister-designate Ayad Allawi. News reports indicated names of other new cabinet members and that the existing governing council had dissolved itself.
A written statement by Brahimi said Adnan Pachachi was offered the presidency, but declined it for personal reasons. Pachachi enjoys "wide respect and support in Iraq," and he had the support of Yawar, Allawi and Coalition Provisional Authority administrator Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, the statement said.
Brahimi's statement said consultations in forming the interim Iraqi government have been going on without interruption for the last four weeks. "These consultations have involved the (Iraqi) Governing Council, the Coalition Provisional Authority, and a very large number of representatives of the Iraqi public, including political parties, professional associations, trade unions, tribal and religious leaders, academics and intellectuals, women's and youth organizations, and others," the statement said.
Story by John D. Banusiewicz, American Forces Press Service
| Date Taken: | 05.31.2004 |
| Date Posted: | 07.04.2025 02:54 |
| Story ID: | 534467 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, US |
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