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Parliamentary Presidential Election Results
Final voting outcome in the second round of the Iraqi presidential election.
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Iraqi parliament elects Nizar Amedi as new president
News Home More from International File Photo The Iraqi parliament on Saturday elected Kurdish politician Nizar Amedi as the country's new president, a largely ceremonial role, following a parliamentary electionlast November. Amedi, 58, is a former environment minister and has headed the political office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Baghdad since 2024. Iraq is now due to choose a prime minister, a closely-watched and sensitive pick. US President Donald Trump threatened in January to withdraw Washington's support for Iraq, a major oil producer, if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was designated to form a cabinet. An alliance of Shi'ite political blocs holding a parliamentary majority has nominated Iran-backed Maliki, alarming Washington, which along with Israel waged a six-week war with Iran until a ceasefire was announced on Tuesday. Senior US and Iranian officials were meeting in Islamabad on Saturday in the highest-level talks between Washington and Tehran in half a century in an effort to end the war. In Iraq, which has long trodden a tightrope between Iran and the US, its closest allies, the prime minister wields significant power. Under Iraq's sectarian power-sharing system, the prime minister must be a Shi'ite Muslim, the parliamentary speaker a Sunni Muslim, and the president a Kurd. More from International US-Iran talks begin, Trump says Hormuz Strait 'clearing' underway US and Iranian negotiators met on Saturday in Pakistan for their highest-level talks in half a century to try to end their war even as President Donald Trump said his military had sunk Tehran's mine-layers and was clearing the Strait of Hormuz. Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the vicinity of the moon in over half a century. Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza, health officials say Two Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials from Gaza's health ministry said. Iran demands Lebanon ceasefire, unfreezing of assets before peace talks Iran said on Friday that blocked Iranian assets must be released and that a ceasefire must take hold in Lebanon before peace talks can proceed, throwing last-minute doubt over negotiations scheduled for Saturday i...
Iraqi Parliament Elects Nizar Amedi as President of the Republic
The Iraqi Parliament, in a session held on Saturday, elected Nizar Amedi, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) candidate, as President of the Republic of Iraq. During the first round of voting, Amedi received 208 votes, placing him ahead of other candidates. In the second round, in which 249 out 329 members of parliament participated, he secured 227 votes, formally becoming President of the ...
Iraq elects Kurdish politician Nizar Amidi as president amid war ...
Iraq's parliament has elected Nizar Amidi as president, five months after elections failed to produce a decisive majority. The vote took place Saturday.
Iraqi parliament elects Nizar Amedi as country's new president
The Iraqi parliament on Saturday elected Kurdish politician Nizar Amedi as the country's new president, a largely ceremonial role, following a parliamentary election last November.
