MANAMA, DEC. 11, (BNA) HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, ON MONDAY, ISSUED ROYAL DECREE 91 FOR 2006 ON FORMATION OF THE NEW CABINET.
THE MOVE CAME IN LINE WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND ROYAL ORDER NUMBER 30 FOR 2006 WHICH WAS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 10, 2006, ASSIGNING SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA TO THE POST OF PRIME MINISTER AND ENTRUSTING HIM TO NOMINATE THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT. BASED ON THE PROPOSALS RAISED BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO HM THE KING ON DECEMBER 10, 2006, THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE: ARTICLE ONE: 1. SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 2. SHAIKH ALI BIN KHALIFA AL KHALIFA,DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 3. JAWAD BIN SALEM AL URAYED, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ARTICLE TWO: 1 SHAIKH KHALID BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA, MINISTER OF PREMIER'S COURT 2. GENERAL SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN AHMED AL KHALIFA, BDF DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND DEFENCE MINISTER 3. DR. SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA, STATE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE AFFAIRS 4. SHAIKH ABDULLA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER 5. ABDULAZIZ BIN MOHAMMED AL FADHEL, MINISTER OF SHURA AND REPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL AFFAIRS. 6. LT. GENERAL SHAIKH RASHID BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA, INTERIOR MINISTER 7. KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 8. DR. HASSAN ABDULLA FAKHRO, MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE 9. FAHMI BIN ALI AL JOWDER, MINISTER OF WORKS AND HOUSING 10. MOHAMMED BIN ABDULGHAFFAR ABDULLA , MINISTER OF INFORMATION 11. SHAIKH AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA, MINISTER OF FINANCE 12. DR. MAJID BIN ALI AL NUAMI, MINISTER OF EDUCATION 13. DR. MAJEED BIN MOHSIN AL ALAWI, MINISTER OF LABOR 14. DR. ABDULHOSSEIN BIN ALI MIRZA, MINISTER FOR OIL AND GAS AFFAIRS 15. DR. NADA ABBAS HAFFADH, MINISTER OF HEALTH 16. DR. FATMA AL MOHAMMED AL BLOUSHI, MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 17. SHAIKH AHMED BIN ATIYATALLAH AL KHALIFA, MINISTER FOR CABINET AFFAIRS 18. SHAIKH KHALID BIN ALI AL KHALIFA, MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS 19. MANSOOR BIN HASSAN BIN RAJAB, MINISTER OF MUNICIPALITIES AFFAIRS AND AGRICULTURE 20. DR. NAZAR BIN SADIQ AL BAHARNA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ARTICLE THREE: THE PRIME MINISTER PUTS THE DECREE INTO EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS ISSUANCE AND PUBLISHES IT IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE. MTQ 11-DEC-2006 22:29