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"For the first time in the history of Iraq, a government is formed with four deputy prime ministers, that were included in Maliki's 2nd cabinet, along with 42 cabinet ministers," Harb said.
The list of cabinet ministers, presented by Maliki to the Parliament on Tuesday, had comprised 41 candidates, some of who had been assigned on acting basis, whilst included 12 state ministers, compared with Maliki's previous cabinet that comprised 37 seats.
Harb said that "the first government in the history of Iraq in the beginning of the Royalist Regime, led by Prime Minister Abdul-Rahman al-Naqib, in 1920, that comprised 7 cabinet seats only and 12 (formal) state cabinets," adding that "for the first time in the history of Iraq, a government is formed with 4 deputy prime ministers, in Maliki's 2nd government, followed by Ibrahim al-Jaafari's government, formed in April, 2005, with three deputy prime ministers."
"Maliki's new government had comprised all political components, with the exception of the Kurdish "Change" Bloc that withdrew from the government at the last moments that preceded the formation of the government, whilst it was the first cabinet that included 6 state ministries," he added.
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