New Iraqi Govt Swears In

World | May 3, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00

The parliament of Iraq has sworn in the first Iraqi government since elections were held in the end of January. Seven positions in Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari's cabinet - including the defence and oil ministries - remain unfilled amid partisan haggling. Sunnis were expected to fill the majority of these, including the defence ministry and one of the deputy prime ministerial posts, although many Sunnis did not take part in elections. The ethnic make-up of the cabinet - the first democratically elected government in more than 50 years - is considered to be crucial to building legitimacy.

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