List of Members of New Afghan Cabinet

30-member interim Afghan administration approved by four Afghan delegations meeting with the United Nations near Bonn, Germany.  Some positions are not yet filled, but are assigned to a specific delegation.  12/5/01

The four delegations: Northern Alliance, Rome group (followers of former King Mohammad Zaher Shah), and two smaller exile groups based in Cyprus and Peshawar, Pakistan.

(Name - ethnicity; delegation affiliation)

CHAIRMAN

Hamid Karzai - Pashtun; Rome group

VICE CHAIRS

Women's Affairs: Sima Samar - Hazara; Rome group. One of two women chosen.

Defense: Mohammad Qassem Fahim - Tajik; Northern alliance.

Planning: Muhammad Mohaqqeq - Hazara; Northern alliance.

Water and Electricity: Shaker Kargar - Uzbek; Northern alliance.

Finance: Hedayat Amin Arsala - Pashtun; Rome group.

MEMBERS

Foreign Affairs: Abdullah - Tajik; Northern alliance.

Interior: Younous Qanooni - Tajik; Northern alliance.

Commerce: Seyyed Mustafa Kazemi - Shiite; Northern alliance.

Mines and Industries: Muhammad Alem Razm - Uzbek; Northern alliance.

Small Industries: Aref Noorzai - Pashtun; Northern alliance.

Information and Culture: Raheen Makhdoom - Rome group.

Communications: Abdul Rahim - Tajik; Northern alliance.

Labor and Social Affairs: Mir Wais Sadeq - Northern alliance.

Hajj (Pilgrimage): Mohammad Hanif Hanif Balkhi - Shiite; Independent.

Martyrs and Disabled: Abdullah Wardak - Northern alliance.

Education: ________________ - Rome group.

Higher Education: Sharif Faez - Northern alliance.

Public Health: Suhaila Seddiqi - Tajik; Independent. One of two women chosen.

Public Works: ________________ - Rome group.

Rural Development: Abdul Malik Anwar - Northern alliance.

Urban Development: Abdul Qadir - Pashtun; Northern alliance.

Reconstruction: Muhammad Amin Farhang - Rome group.

Transport: Sultan Hamid Hamid - ___________

Return of Refugees: Enayatullah Nazeri - Northern alliance.

Agriculture: Seyyed Hussein Anwari - Shiite; Northern alliance.

Irrigation: Mangal Hussein - Pashtun.

Justice: Abdul Rahim Karimi - Uzbek; Northern alliance.

Air Transport and Tourism: Abdul Rehman - Tajik; Rome group.

Department of Border Affairs: ________________ - Rome group.