Former South Oil chief becomes oil minister
Jabbar Allibi was among the five new ministers approved by Parliament and sworn in on Monday.
Jabbar Allibi, second from left, with other Iraqi oil officials in a Dec. 11, 2003, meeting in Kuwait City, negotiating fuel supply during a shortage at the time. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD - A former director general of the state-run South Oil Company, Jabbar Allibi*, was confirmed as the new Iraqi Oil Minister on Monday, four months after he was first proposed for the job.
Parliament approved Allibi and four other new Cabinet ministers in a session that was broadcast on state-run Iraqiya television, providing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi with political victories after his government reform efforts had stalled for months.
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