UPDATE: Thamir Ghadhban confirmed as Iraq’s new oil minister

The widely respected technocrat will serve as both deputy prime minister for energy and oil minister in Adil Abd al-Mahdi's new government.

Then-Iraqi Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban gestures as he tours the Daura oil refinery in Baghdad on Jan. 2, 2005. (SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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