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Photo: KRG • See Related Articles June 18, 2014 ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region formed a new government Wednesday after months of wrangling, with premier Nechirvan Barzani using the occasion to call for defending disputed northern territory. "Today we announce the formation of the government in complicated circumstances," said Nechirvan Barzani, the nephew of the region's president. The division of ministries was not immediately clear, but the government includes the Gorran (Change) movement, which had been in opposition. Previously, the government was formed by the historic duopoly of Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK of ailing Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Negotiations have run since regional parliamentary polls in September, as top parties vied for posts. The members of the 8th Cabinet sworn into posts Wednesday are: Prime Minister- Nechirvan Barzani  Deputy Prime Minister- Qubad Jalal Talabani  Minister of Health- Rekawt Hama Rasheed       Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research- Dr. Yousf Guran Minister of Reconstruction Darbaz Abdulla Rasul Minister of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs- Mahmud Salih Kareem Minister of Culture and Youth- Khalid Abdel Rahman Ahmed Muhammad Doski  Minister of Interior- Abdel Kareem Sultan Abdulla  Minister of Planning- Ali Haji Othman Badri Sndi Minister of Natural Resources- Abdulla Abdel Rahman Abdulla  Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation- Abdel Sattar Majeed Qadir  Minister of Finance- Rebaz Muhammad Abdullah  Minister of Electricity- Salahden Babkr Muhammad Sulaimani  Minister of Trade and Industry- Samal Sardar  Minister of Religious Endowments- Kamal Muslim  Minister of Municipalities- Nawruz Mawlood Muhammad  Minister of Justice – Sinan Abdel Khaliq Ahmed Chalabi  Minister of Education- Pishtewan Salih Abdullah  Minister of Peshmerga- Mustafa Qadir Mustafa  Minister of Transport and Communication- Jhonson Seyaiwsh  Head of Kurdish areas outside Kurdistan Region borders Fatih Muhammad Sulaiman Ahmed  Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Nasraden Saeed Mustafa  Minister of Region Mawlod Bawa Murad  Minister of Region for Parliament Affairs Muhammad Hawdiyani  Barzani also said that: "As we needed (Kurdish unity) in the year 2003 to protect the gains of our people,www.Ekurd.net today we need the same stance to protect the areas of Kurdistan outside the administration of the region." He was referring to the 2003 overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein, and then to northern territory that the Kurds want to incorporate into their autonomous region, over the strong objections of the federal government in Baghdad. A major militant offensive that began on June 9 has afforded the Kurds the opportunity to seize a swathe of this disputed territory, with Baghdad ill-positioned to do anything about it. Federal security forces have either withdrawn or been swept aside by militants in various parts of northern Iraq. That has left the way open for Kurdish troops to move in, but this has put them in the line of fire from militants. On Wednesday, Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani called on retired fighters from the Kurdish Peshmerga security forces to sign up again to "support the Peshmerga forces and prepare for all possibilities." Copyright ©, respective author or news agency, AFP  | Ekurd.net | Agencies   Forming new Kurdistan Government 2014 - Related Articles Nechirvan Barzani's Kurdistan eighth cabinet expected to be male dominated 17.6.2014 Nechirvan Barzani and Qubad Talabani elected as Iraqi Kurdistan PM and deputy 20.5.2014 Qubad Talabani to become Iraqi Kurdistan deputy prime minister: PUK 18.5.2014 Change movement calls to amend Presidency of Kurdistan region's law 7.5.2014 KDP and Islamic Union KIU reach agreement on forming new Kurdistan government 28.4.2014 Kurdistan PM Nechirvan Barzani: No deal with PUK 28.4.2014 Challenges Gorran Movement faces: Rule in Iraqi Kurdistan‌'s eighth cabinet 19.4.2014 PUK excluded from agreement for new Kurdistan cabinet 18.4.2014 KDP and Change movement reach agreement on new Kurdistan government 17.4.2014 New ministers join Iraqi Kurdistan cabinet, others to keep their posts 15.4.2014 Five parties, including PUK, agree on seats in new Kurdistan cabinet: Source 11.4.2014 New Kurdistan government this month, with or without PUK 9.4.2014 KDP official warns Gorran, PUK against further Kurdistan cabinet delays 4.4.2014 Iraqi Kurds still deadlocked over new Kurdistan government 4.4.2014 No Government In Sight for Iraqi Kurdistan ‎22.3.2014 Last General Election Trivialized by Barzani and Talabani 16.3.2014 Nawshirwan Mustafa: Kurdistan govt put people‌'s lives under the mercy of Iraqi government salary 15.3.2014 Nawshirwan Mustafa: Political decision changed from one party or two party system into a multi-party system 14.3.2014 Protests in Iraqi Kurdistan against delays in salary and forming Kurdish government 13.3.2014