Hoshyar Mahmud Mohammed Zebari

Mr. Hoshyar Zebari was born in Akre, the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 1953. He studied in Mosul and then obtained a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Jordan in 1976. Later, he earned a master's degree in Sociology and Development from the University of Essex in the UK in 1989. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq from 2004 to 2014 and also held the position of Minister of Finance until September 2016.

Dr. Maszlee bin Malik

Dr. Maszlee bin Malik graduated from Al al-Bayt University with a bachelor's degree in the Islamic jurisprudence, and he is the only minister in the cabinet who can speak Arabic. He completed his master's degree in the same field at the University of Malaya in Malaysia and obtained his Ph.D. in Islamic political studies from Durham University in the UK. He was also awarded an honorary Ph.D. in Islamic Jurisprudence from Al al-Bayt University.