Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's Electricity Ministry dismissed the head of theAl-Karkh Electricity Sector and three officials in Abu Ghraib, while theFinance Ministry terminated the contracts of two employees, according toofficial documents obtained by Shafaq News on Thursday.
The ministry replaced Haider Mohammed Jassim with OmarHikmat Dhiab Hassan at the Al-Karkh Electricity Sector and transferred 70employees in Baghdad, citing “negligence in performing public duties.”
In Abu Ghraib, Omar Abdul Sattar Hamid took over theElectricity Sector from Bassam Zayir Salman. Aziz Nasr Ibrahim was named deputydirector in place of Ali Khaled Naifis, while Hudhaifa Fadel Ayed assumedresponsibility for maintenance operations in the Al-Shuhada area instead ofThaer Hassan Shahadha.
The Finance Ministry also terminated the contracts ofSalah Al-Din Hamed from the minister's office and Brin Abdul Salam from theIraqi Fund for External Development.
The moves come amid broader changes across Iraq'sstate institutions. Well-informed sources told Shafaq News that Prime MinisterAli Al-Zaidi appointed Adel Al-Yasiri chairman of the National InvestmentCommission, Sheikh Muzahim Al-Kanaan adviser for political affairs to thePresident of the Republic, Qasim Al-Aboudi national security adviser, and BasimAl-Badri head of the Iraqi National Security Service.
At the Central Bank of Iraq, Al-Zaidi also replacedAli Al-Allaq with Nizar Nasser, who previously headed the bank's Anti-MoneyLaundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Office.