ORHA Fact Sheet - Ministry of Industry and Minerals

ORHA Fact Sheet Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance Thuraya Phone: 88-216-7744-1080 Email: orhapic@yahoo.com Ministry of Industry and Minerals Fact Sheet May 8, 2003 Overall Information The Ministry of Industry and Minerals oversees 52 enterprises, which are categorized by six sectors to include: food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals for water purification and oil refining. The headquarters for the ministry has 550 employees, and state run enterprise employs approximately 96,000 people. Facts on the Ministry -The Ministry of Industry and Minerals provides crucial products for the people of Iraq. The lifting of the UN sanctions will allow these industries to more quickly return to the production and distribution of these crucial products. -$20 emergency payments for 7,000 state employees were made on May 11. ORHA hopes to complete these $20 payments by the end of May. -Ministry officials and employees have democratically elected their own leadership. -Membership in the Ba’ath party has been an issue in some cases, but elimination from leadership positions of former Ba’ath party members has been primarily done by the people of Iraq.