By: Reuters Baghdad (iraq) | October 13, 2022 9:19:29 pm
Presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attends a parliamentary session to vote for a new head of state president in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022. (REUTERS)Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, according to two lawmakers, paving the way for the formation of a new government and ending a year of deadlock.
Rashid, 78, is a British-educated engineer and was the Iraqi minister of water resources from 2003-2010.
He has 15 days to invite a nominee from the largest parliamentary bloc to form a government.
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First published on: 13-10-2022 at 09:19:29 pm