Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki will present his cabinet line up to the parliament on Monday, an official Iraqi television reported Saturday, Xinhua reported.
"Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki sent an official letter to the Council of Representatives, asking to present his cabinet line up on Dec. 20," the state-run television of Iraqia quoted Minister of State for Council of Representatives affairs Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi as saying.
On Nov. 25, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani officially asked incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form the country's next government after the rival political blocs approved earlier a power-sharing deal that ended the eight-month political deadlock.
According to the Iraqi constitution, Maliki has to pick his cabinet within 30 days after his official nomination as prime minister-designate by the president.
The new government and its programs will have to win the approval of an absolute majority of the members of the Council of Representatives.
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