Berhem Saleh is Iraq’s president

The Iraqi Parliament announced Fawz Berhem Saleh as the president of the Iraqi Republic after the second round of the elections was held.

Berhem Saleh is Iraq’s president
3 October, 2018   02:35

NEWS DESK

The second round of electing for the president started in the Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday to elect for the president of the republic after the first round of the elections ended without getting any of the candidates the two thirds of the votes.

Berhem Saleh, a candidate of the Kurdistan National Union and Fuad Hussein, the candidate of the Kurdistan Democratic Party competed in the elections as the first got votes more than the other, while he did not get the two thirds of the votes of the Representatives’ House that is consisted of 329 members.

The Iraqi Parliament announced a while ago the end of the second round of the elections and the winning of Berhem Saleh the post of the Republic’s Presidency, while Saleh swore the constitutional oath before the Parliament.

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