UPDATE: Kamal al-Atroshi approved as Kurdistan’s oil minister
KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani was acting head of the Ministry of Natural Resources since mid 2019, when longtime minister Ashti Hawrami was moved to a senior advisory role.
Kamal al-Atroshi is sworn in as minister of natural resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq at the regions Parliament in Erbil on Jan. 6, 2021. (Source: parliament.krd)
Update: On Wednesday, three days after our original story published, Kamal al-Atroshi was confirmed by Kurdistan’s Parliament as minister of natural resources. Of 111 MPs, 81 voted yes.
Twenty MPs voted no – from known opposition parties such as Komal, Kurdistan Islamic Union, and New Generation, as well as from Gorran – and others abstained or didn’t attend, including some from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. They called for reform in the oil sector, including reviewing oil contracts and disclosing production, export, and revenue data.
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