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New president of Iraq
October 10 , 2018
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- Iraq's parliament elected veteran politician Barham Salih as the country's eighth president.
- Mr Salih ran against the Fuad Hussein.
- According to the Iraqi constitution, the president-elect needs to gather at least two thirds of the votes of the 329 parliament members.
- Barham Ahmed Salih was former prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan from 2001 to 2004.
Background
- According to an informal power-sharing arrangement dating back to the 2003, United States-led invasion, senior government roles are divided between the predominant ethno-sectarian groups – with
- The Prime minister being a Shiite Arab,
- The Speaker of parliament a Sunni Arab, and
- The President a Kurd.
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