Iraq’s Parliament has elected a veteran Kurdish politician as the country’s new president, in a step towards forming a new government.
Barham Salih (bara-ham sal-ee) of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), won 220 votes out of the 273 lawmakers who attended Tuesday's session.
He was among 20 candidates for the post, including one from the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with two parties dominating Kurdish politics for decades.