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Half of Iraq's federal budget is spent on state employees 11/10/2022 11:30:14 AM Ministers of the new Iraqi government are sworn in during the parliamentary session to vote on the new government in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, October 27, 2022. photo: Iraqi Parliament Information Office via KurdSat English kurdsatnews State employee salary is almost half of the country's total federal spending. The Iraqi Prime Minister's Financial Advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Saleh, said that the salaries of Iraqi employees had remained the same for the last 14 years, and the new al-Sudani government is working to alleviate the burden of the needy and those with the lowest state salaries. In an interview with Sabah paper, Mazhar Mohammed Saleh said, "no changes have been made in the government-paid salaries since 2008, 14 years ago." The advisor noted that the salaries of Iraqi employees make up 42 percent of government spending, which is a massive burden on the country's economy, and there is a vast difference in the employee salaries of different ministries that need to change." The prime minister's financial adviser said the new government led by Mohammed Shia Sudani would try to support the poor and those with the lowest government salaries, which is left to the House of Representatives to fix in the budget bill.

Half of Iraq's federal budget is spent on state employees

11/10/2022 11:30:14 AM

Ministers of the new Iraqi government are sworn in during the parliamentary session to vote on the new government in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, October 27, 2022.

photo: Iraqi Parliament Information Office via KurdSat English

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State employee salary is almost half of the country's total federal spending.

The Iraqi Prime Minister's Financial Advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Saleh, said that the salaries of Iraqi employees had remained the same for the last 14 years, and the new al-Sudani government is working to alleviate the burden of the needy and those with the lowest state salaries.

In an interview with Sabah paper, Mazhar Mohammed Saleh said, "no changes have been made in the government-paid salaries since 2008, 14 years ago."
The advisor noted that the salaries of Iraqi employees make up 42 percent of government spending, which is a massive burden on the country's economy, and there is a vast difference in the employee salaries of different ministries that need to change."

The prime minister's financial adviser said the new government led by Mohammed Shia Sudani would try to support the poor and those with the lowest government salaries, which is left to the House of Representatives to fix in the budget bill.