BAGHDAD, Iraq: As Iraq has formed its first democratically elected government in more than 50 years ending three months of political deadlock, Chairman Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and head of United Iraqi Alliance Sayyed Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim has demanded from the new government to root out Saddamis from all sites and ministries.

Al-Hakim also urged all Iraqis to support the new elected government calling the later to work for protection of unity of Iraq and establish good relations with neighbouring states.

Thursday, the 275-seat National Assembly approved, with 180 votes, the list of names put forward by Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari.

The cabinet will consist of 32 ministers and four deputy prime ministers, an effort to accommodate almost all Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups. However, Al-Jafari could not name permanent ministers to five ministries - oil, defence, electricity, industry and human rights.

As well as having to tackle violence and rampant organised crime, the new government, working with parliament, will oversee the writing of a permanent constitution. The document has to be drawn up by mid-August and then put to a referendum before elections are held. If it does not look like it is going to be drafted on time, legislators can ask for a six-month extension before 1 August.

Iraq will hold fresh elections under the charter in December.