Basra oil chief nominated as oil minister
Ihsan Ismaael, head of the Basra Oil Company, has been tapped to lead Oil Ministry pending vote in Parliament.
Ihsan Ismaael at his office in Basra in June 2019. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has nominated Ihsan Ismaael, director general of the state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC), to lead the Ministry of Oil, four weeks after a partial Cabinet was approved by Parliament.
Ismaael's nomination was communicated in nominating documents that were obtained by Iraq Oil Report and confirmed as accurate by Basra-based political officials from multiple parties.
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