The Iraqi parliament elected Kurdish former minister Abdul Latif Rashid to be the country's next president.
reported. It took place shortly after rockets rained down on Baghdad's Green Zone and injured at least five people.
Latif won 162 votes out of 261 cast. Outgoing President Barham Salih received the remaining 99 votes.In accordance with Iraq's power-sharing political system, the presidency is reserved for Kurds, the prime minister is Shiite and the speaker of parliament is Sunni, per the Times.The Coordination Framework, an Iran-backed coalition of Shiite parties, named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the prime minister-designate.
Al-Sudani, who was previously the country's human rights and labor minister, now has 30 days to propose to parliament his choices for the new cabinet, per the Times.Iraq held early elections in October 2021 but political deadlock, primarily among Shiite parties, prevented the formation of a new government and sparked worries of potential civil war.Axios on facebook
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