Presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attends a parliamentary session to vote for a new head of state president in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022. (Credit: Iraqi Parliament Media Office via REUTERS)
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president on Thursday, according to two lawmakers, paving the way for the formation of a new government and the end of a yearlong deadlock.
Rashid, 78, is a British-educated engineer and previously served as 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.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated shortly.
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president on Thursday, according to two lawmakers, paving the way for the formation of a new government and the end of a yearlong deadlock.
Rashid, 78, is a British-educated engineer and previously served as 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.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated shortly.
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