Adil Abdul Mahdi is member of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq or ISCI and is the first post-2003 prime minister not to be from the largely lay Shiite party, Da`wa .. ... Abdul Mahdi had been candidate for prime minister which Supreme Council for Islamic..…
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday elected as president Kurdish politician Barham Salih, who immediately named Shi’ite Adel Abdul Mahdi prime minister-designate, ending months of deadlock after an inconclusive national election in May. . . . .....…
-led invasion, Iraq's presidency -- a largely ceremonial role -- is held by a Kurd, while the prime minister is Shiite and the parliament speaker is Sunni. . The prime minister-designate will have 30 days to submit his cabinet to parliament. ..…
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