Iraq’s parliament elected a veteran Kurdish politician as the country’s new president on Tuesday, a step toward forming a new government. Iraq’s parliament elected a veteran Kurdish politician as the country’s new president on Tuesday, a step toward forming a new government. Iraq elects new president in step toward forming governmentState TV has said Barham Salih, of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), won 220 votes out of the 273 lawmakers who attended Tuesday’s session. Iraq held elections in May and the new president will have 15 days to task the nominee of the largest parliamentary bloc with forming a new government. The KDP’s nominee, Fuad Hussein, served as chief of staff for the former Kurdish regional president Masoud Barzani.

Source: Irish Independent October 02, 2018 18:56 UTC