The Council of Representatives of Iraq voted on Thursday to grant confidence to the government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi along with its ministerial program.

Parliament approved 14 ministers in Al-Zaidi’s cabinet, including Ali Basim Muhammad Khudair as Oil Minister, Muhammad Nouri Ahmed as Industry Minister, Ali Saad Wahib as Electricity Minister and Abdul-Hussein Aziz as Health Minister.

The approved cabinet also includes Sarwa Abdul-Wahid as Environment Minister, Abdul-Rahim Jassim as Agriculture Minister, Muthanna Ali Mahdi as Water Resources Minister and Mustafa Nizar Juma as Trade Minister.

Lawmakers additionally granted confidence to Khalid Shawani as Justice Minister, Abdul-Karim Abtan as Education Minister, Wahab Salman Muhammad as Transport Minister, Falih Al-Sari as Finance Minister, Fuad Hussein as Foreign Minister and Mustafa Jabbar Sanad as Communications Minister, reports a local Arabic daily
The parliament decided to postpone voting on confidence for nine other ministerial candidates to a later session.