ShafaqNews- Baghdad
Iraq'sTransport Minister Wahab Salman al-Hassani on Monday formally appointed AlaaAbd al-Hassan Ali Obeid as acting director general of the General Company for Portsof Iraq for a three-month term, according to a document reviewed by ShafaqNews.
Thecompany oversees the Grand Al-Faw Port project, a centerpiece of Iraq's $17billion Development Road initiative, an infrastructure corridor tolink the Gulf to Europe through Iraqi territory.
Theappointment takes effect from the date Obeid assumes duties and remains inforce until a permanent replacement is named through the legally prescribedprocess.
Themove formalizes an arrangement already in place since May 31, when al-Hassanirelieved then-director general Farhan al-Fartousi and designated Obeid tomanage the state-owned company on a caretaker basis pending the outcome of thatsuspension.
Al-Hassanialso dismissed four department heads at the General Company for MaritimeTransport, including the directors of insurance and contracts, replacing eachwith an acting appointee. The minister cited "requirements of workinterest" as the basis for the removals.
: PM Al-Zaidi targets major overhaul of Iraqi institutions
