Iraqi President Appoints New Interior MinisterIraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday formally appointed Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmad as the new interior minister, the official Iraqi News Agency reported.Ahmad, former minister of irrigation, has been the acting interior minister after Saddam dismissed Muhammad Ziman Abd al-Razzaq from that post on May 28. Razzaq was named as the chief of Iraq's ruling Baath Party in the northern provinces of Kirkuk and Ninive early May. Meanwhile, Rasoul Abdel-Hussein Suadi was appointed as the minister of irrigation, the news agency said. |
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