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Veteran Kurd Barham Salih becomes Iraq's next president
The Egyptian Gazette Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 02 - 10 - 2018

BAGHDAD, Oct 2, 2018 (News Wires) - Barham Salih, the veteran Kurdish politician, will become Iraq's next president.
Salih, of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), faced a challenge from Fuad Hussein of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). But Hussein withdrew from the second round of voting in parliament on Tuesday.
In previous votes, the two main Kurdish parties decided on a single candidate in advance but a failed independence bid for the Kurdistan region last year led to an even deeper rift between them.
The post of president is allocated to the Kurds under a 2005 agreement with Shiite and Sunni political forces.

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