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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament elected Kurd Abdul Latif Rashid as president on Thursday, according to two lawmakers, paving the way for the formation of a new government and ending a year-long stalemate.
Rashid, 78, is a UK-trained engineer who served as Iraq’s water minister from 2003 to 2010. He has 15 days to invite a candidate from the largest parliamentary bloc to form a government.
(Reporting through Ahmed Rasheed; written through Amina Ismail; Editing by Hugh Lawson)